Ormazd

American

[awr-muhzd] / ˈɔr məzd /

Or Ormuzd

noun

Ahura Mazda.

Ormazd British

/ ˈɔːməzd /

noun

Also called: Ahura Mazda. Zoroastrianism the creative deity, embodiment of good and opponent of Ahriman

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Etymology

Origin of Ormazd

from Persian, from Avestan Ahura-Mazda, from ahura spirit + mazdā wise

Example Sentences

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They were averse to all temples or personification of the material things, or of Ormazd.

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"They paid Him honor under the name of Ormazd," the Israelite replied.

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Charles IX., at bay between Catharine's commanding eyes and Marguerite's supplicating look, as if between the two opposing principles of good and evil, stood for an instant undecided; at last Ormazd won the day.

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The essence of Zoroastrian belief was dualism—recognition of Ormazd as the great Principle of Good, and of Ahriman as the Principle of Evil.

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The Lord God of the Jews being recognized as identical with Ormazd, a sympathetic feeling united the peoples.

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