Ormazd
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Ormazd
from Persian, from Avestan Ahura-Mazda, from ahura spirit + mazdā wise
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But the 19th century romantics fail as an example of "great death" since they were, in part, reveling in a philosophy as old as Isis, Ormazd and Ahriman, the Celtic druids, Gnosticism, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were averse to all temples or personification of the material things, or of Ormazd.
From Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, by Anonymous
"They paid Him honor under the name of Ormazd," the Israelite replied.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Robert H. Fuller
He passed into the primal Bull, and even into fire, the visible symbol of Ormazd, defiling it with smoke and vapor.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
On the earth he created the high mountain Albordj142 which soared upward through all the spheres of the heaven, till it reached the primal light, and Ormazd made this summit his abode.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
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