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Definition of Mazdaism

1. Noun. System of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil).

Definition of Mazdaism

1. Proper noun. The Zoroastrian religion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Mazdaism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Franz Valery Marie Cumont, Grant Showerman (1911)
"The most active agencies in the diffusion of mazdaism as of Judaism seem to have been colonies — of believers who had emigrated far from the mother country. ..."

2. Ancient Ideals: A Study of Intellectual and Spiritual Growth from Early by Henry Osborn Taylor (1921)
"... righteousness.1 The first demand of mazdaism is to follow it, protect, and extend it.' But Ahura and his ministers were righteous, beneficent, and just. ..."

3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1901)
"mazdaism, the Persian religion, is a strict monotheism, which, however, personifies the qualities of God, and thus gave rise, on the one hand, ..."

4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1905)
"The resemblance between Christianity and mazdaism, as the religion of the old ... Far from this, "the gods, the ideas, and the worship of mazdaism are shown ..."

5. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1905)
"The resemblance between Christianity and mazdaism, as the reli- ion of the ... Ear from this, " the gods, the ideas, and the worship of mazdaism are shown ..."

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