Relating to or characteristic of the prophet Zarathustra or his religious system.
‘a hymn in the Zarathustrian holy work’
‘Thus Zarathustrian reform did not replace Mithra in the Iranian Pantheon.’
‘In both cases we're talking about gags on the Zarathustrian saw rather than an act of theophonous violence.’
‘The poems in these earlier volumes roiled in the fecundity of the creative mind with a sort of Zarathustrian flare.’
‘The links take the user to such sites as the Jain Meditation International Center, the Punjabi American Heritage Society (Sikhs), and the Zarathustrian Assembly.’
‘He believes that much of Judaeo-Christianity itself is Zarathustrian in origin.’
noun
A follower of the prophet Zarathustra or his religious system.
‘They struggle with the Zarathustrians for the control of the territory.’
‘God gave not to the Zarathustrians as to Israel, to move amongst strangers, but to dwell amidst the heathen within their own countries.’
‘With these axioms in focus, Zarathustrians consistently make a concerted effort to learn and comprehend the nature and beliefs of other faiths.’
‘There were the Holy Scriptures of the Zarathustrians, the so-called Avesta, as they were later named.’
‘Formerly, the Zarathustrians occupied a very prominent place in the history of the world.’
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