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a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe

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  1. n. a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe
  2. n. 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
  3. Zurvanism (uncountable) A now-extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan as its primordial creator deity.