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Zurvanism

DEFINITIONS OF: Zurvanism

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n a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe

Type of:
religious order, religious sect, sect
a subdivision of a larger religious group

n 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

Type of:
heresy, unorthodoxy
a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
theological doctrine
the doctrine of a religious group
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