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Zurvanism

Definitions of Zurvanism
  1. noun
    a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe
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    type of:
    religious order, religious sect, sect
    a subdivision of a larger religious group
  2. 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
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    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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