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Mazdaism

[maz-duh-iz-uhm]

Mazdaism

/ ˈmæzdəˌɪzəm /

noun

  1. another word for Zoroastrianism

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Mazdaism1

First recorded in 1870–75; Mazda + -ism
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Example Sentences

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He was an eye-witness of this struggle, and gives a good account of the contemporary Mazdaism which the Persians tried to force on the Armenians.

In the hands of late writers they shaded into legendary accounts of the origin of the kingdom, and the whole was colored by the developed Mazdaism.

The most active agencies in the diffusion of Mazdaism as of Judaism seem to have been colonies of believers who had emigrated far from the mother country.

Also known as Mazdaism, the Zoroastrian religion was that of the ancient Magi or fire-worshippers of Persia, mentioned in Scripture.

To the same end were preserved national traditions and ritual, some of which had nothing to do with Mazdaism.

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