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noun
A now-extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan as its primordial creator deity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
Topics: Zoroastrianism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
a heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: heresy, unorthodoxy, theological doctrine
noun
a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sect, religious sect, religious order
History
Of Persian origin, Zurvan + -ism, from Middle Persian [script needed] (Zurvān), from Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬥 (zruuān, “time”).
