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单词 zoroastrian
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Zoroastrianadj.n.

Brit. /ˌzɒrəʊˈastrɪən/, U.S. /ˌzɔroʊˈæstriən/
Forms: Also 1700s Zoroastran.
Etymology: < Latin Zōroastrēs, < Greek Ζωροάστρης , < Avestan Zarathustra (Persian Zardusht ): see -ian suffix.
A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Zoroaster or his religious system, which is mainly dualistic.
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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Zoroastrianism > [adjective]
Guebrish1687
Zoroastrian1743
Persian1776
Zoroastric1854
Mazdaean1855
Zarathustrian1871
Zarathustric1886
1743 W. Warburton in A. Pope Ess. Man ii. 81 (note) This dangerous school-opinion gives great support to the Manichean or Zoroastran error.
1795 T. Maurice Hist. Hindostan (1820) II. iv. iii. 249 The..heresy of Manes, which was compounded out of the ancient Zoroastrian or Magian superstition, and certain perverted doctrines of Christianity.
1892 B. F. Westcott Gospel of Life 172 There appears to be a distinct polemical element in the earliest Zoroastrian Hymns.
1903 Times 5 Mar. 3/5 On no previous occasion has any one been received from Christianity into the Zoroastrian faith.
B. n.
A follower of Zoroaster; a Parsee.
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Persian1613
Parsee1625
fire-worshipper1638
Guebre1687
Zoroastrian1811
mobed1815
Zend1819
Zarathustrian1871
Mazdaean1881
Mazdaist1920
1811 Ld. Byron Let. 3 Sept. (1973) II. 89 I would sooner be a Paulician, Manichean, Spinozist, Gentile, Pyrrhonian, Zoroastrian, than one of the seventy-two villainous sects who are tearing each other to pieces for the love of the Lord.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel 492 The doctrine of the Resurrection..was not known to the Zoroastrians until after the Christian era.
1886 P. Robinson Valley Teetotum Trees 3 The semi-sacred character of the holly..among the Zoroastrians and Fire-worshippers.

Derivatives

Zoroˈastrianize v. (transitive and intransitive) to make or become Zoroastrian in character.
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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Zoroastrianism > [verb (transitive)]
Zoroastrianize1891
1891 T. K. Cheyne Origin & Relig. Contents Psalter viii. 449 Zoroastrianizing phraseology.
1891 T. K. Cheyne Origin & Relig. Contents Psalter viii. 452 The Judaism carried to Egypt..had..already been in some degree Zoroastrianized.
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