a. rare. [f. L. Zōroastrēs Zoroaster.] = ZOROASTRIAN. So Zoroast(e)rism = ZOROASTRIANISM.
1854. T. Keightley, Mythol. (ed. 3), 468. The Ferwer of Zoroastric theology.
1862. trans. 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.
