Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun zurvanism

2 senses of zurvanism

Sense 1
Zurvanism -- (a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe)
       => sect, religious sect, religious order -- (a subdivision of a larger religious group)

Sense 2
Zurvanism -- (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)
       => theological doctrine -- (the doctrine of a religious group)
       => heresy, unorthodoxy -- (a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion)