Definitions
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- proper noun Same as
parseeism .
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- noun The religion and customs of the
Parsis .
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- noun the faith of a Zoroastrian sect in India
Etymologies
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Parsi + -ism
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Examples
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Catechism, giving, in the form of questions and answers, the most important tenets of Parsiism.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion 1861
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During all this time, while French and German scholars, such as Burnouf, Bopp, and Spiegel, were hard at work in deciphering the curious remains of the Magian religion, hardly anything was contributed by English students living in the very heart of Parsiism at Bombay and Poona.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion 1861
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