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Zarathustrian

British  
/ ˌzærəˈθuːstrɪən /

adjective

  1. the Avestan name for Zoroastrian

"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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I confess myself a Mazdayaçnian, a Zarathustrian, an opponent of the Daêvas, devoted to belief in Ahura, for praise, adoration, satisfaction, and laud.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman

The Zarathustrian law created by Ormazd I take as a plummet.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman

These show that the Zarathustrian religion was regarded, after the departure of the founder, as a great divine institution, and was worked out on the lines he had laid down.

From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan

So sang the Zarathustrian priest, chanting the Vispereds of the Avesta,—deep-hearted child of the world, himself now shining on the far-away horizon of human history.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 by Various

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