Zoroaster

[ zawr-oh-as-ter, zohr-, zawr-oh-as-ter, zohr- ]

noun

1. flourished 6th century b.c., Persian religious teacher.

Zoroaster

/ ˌzɒrəʊˈæstə /

noun

1. Zoroaster?628 bc?551 bcMPersianRELIGION: prophet ?628–?551 bc , Persian prophet; founder of Zoroastrianism Avestan nameZarathustra

Example Sentences

The Persian era began, recording the fall of the Sassanian dynasty, and the religion of Zoroaster.

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Several of the learned even assert that he was the same legislator whom the Greeks called Zoroaster.

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If, then, we regard Zoroaster as being the founder of the Magi, we must throw back his epoch considerably further than this date.

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If our reasoning is sound, we cannot, I think, regard the Avesta as a trustworthy exposition of the ancient teaching of Zoroaster.

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Zoroaster had done this, long before: "Whenever thou art in doubt as to whether an action is good or bad, abstain from it."

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