Ormazd
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Ormazd
from Persian, from Avestan Ahura-Mazda, from ahura spirit + mazdā wise
Example Sentences
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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
I invoke thee, O Fire, thou son of Ormazd, most rapid of the Immortals!
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
They were originally innocent and made for heaven, and worshipped Ormazd as their creator.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
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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