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Definition of Ormuzd
1. Noun. Chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good.
Definition of Ormuzd
1. n. The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion. See Ahriman.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ormuzd
Literary usage of Ormuzd
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Philosophy of History by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Sibree (1902)
"Among the Persians, Ormuzd and Ahriman present the antithesis in question.
Ormuzd is the Lord of the kingdom of Light -of Good; Ahriman that of Darkness—of ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"Ormuzd is described as "sitting on the throne of the good and the perfect in
regions of pure light," or as a venerable man seated on a bull, the emblem of ..."
3. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake (1851)
"Ormuzd and Ahriman performed the work of creation at different epochs, ...
Ormuzd created, by his living word, that is, the power of his will, the community ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"On his release he created a number of bad spirits to oppose the spirits created
by Ormuzd ; and when the latter made an egg containing good genii, ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1833)
"The following are its principal doctrines :—From eternity there have existed two
beings, Ormuzd and Ahriman, the principles of the universe. ..."
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