Mazdaism

American  

[maz-duh-iz-uhm] / ˈmæz dəˌɪz əm /

noun

1. Zoroastrianism.

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Mazdaism British  

/ ˈmæzdəˌɪzəm /

noun

1. another word for Zoroastrianism

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Etymology

Origin of Mazdaism

First recorded in 1870–75; Mazda + -ism

Example Sentences

Under their influence, especially under that of Mazdaism, which made the mythical steer the author of creation and of resurrection, the old savage practice assumed a more spiritual and more elevated meaning.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz

As the trading capital was still placed with the temples as banks, the government attacked the religion of the Uighurs, Manichaeism, and also the religions of the other foreigners, Mazdaism, Nestorianism, and apparently also Islam.

From A History of China by Eberhard, Wolfram

The learned theology of the Chaldeans imposed itself on the primitive Mazdaism, which was a collection of traditions and rites rather than a body of doctrines.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz

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.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz

The birthplace of this latter doctrine appears to have been the region in which Mazdaism arose, the country south of the Caspian Sea.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris