Parseeismn.
/ˌpɑːˈsiːɪz(ə)m/, /ˈpɑːsiːɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌpɑrˈsiˌɪz(ə)m/, /ˈpɑrsiˌɪz(ə)m/ The religion of the Parsees; Zoroastrianism.
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Parseeism1843
Parsism1849
Zoroastrianism1854
Zoroastrism1862
Mazdaism1871
Zarathustrism1871
Zarathustrianism1886
1843 R. Nesbit in J. M. Mitchell Mem. R. Nesbit (1858) viii. 212 Constrained to make himself acquainted with Parsiism.
1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 877/2 Parseeism with its fully-developed idea of God as light.
1906 M. Slogan tr. C. Bémont Medieval Europe xi. 150 The religion, Parseeism, administered by an exclusive, particular, sacerdotal caste, had degenerated into gross superstition and ceremonial.
1952 H. N. Fairchild Relig. Perspectives in College Teaching xiv. 434 As a Christian, I can—perhaps—understand the ideas of Brahmanism, Buddhism, Taoism, Parsiism, and especially of Judaism.
1997 Armenian Reporter (Nexis) 1 Feb. 3 Zoroastrianism was the Perso-Iranian national religion, whose modern version is Parseeism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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