Zoroˈastric, a. rare.
[f. L. Zōroastrēs Zoroaster.]
= Zoroastrian. So Zoroˈast(e)rism = Zoroastrianism.
| 1854 T. Keightley Mythol. (ed. 3) 468 The Ferwer of Zoroastric theology. 1862 tr. Renan's Age & Antiq. Bk. Nab. Agric. ii. 45 The old Zoroasterism of the Zend writings. 1864 Pusey Daniel ix. 528 Zoroastrism betrays its original, the Aryan creature-worship, to which has been added its characteristic Dualism. |