Zoroastrian priesthood

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priesthood religious institution

The Zoroastrian priesthood is the hereditary religious class responsible for preserving, interpreting, and performing the ancient rituals, liturgies, and doctrinal teachings of Zoroastrianism.

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Zoroastrian priests 3

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf priesthood ⓘ
religious institution ⓘ
centralSymbol sacred fire ⓘ
facedChallenge decline in priestly vocations in modern era ⓘ
genderRestriction traditionally male ⓘ
geographicDistribution India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zoroastrian diaspora communities ⓘ
hasCharacteristic endogamous in many communities ⓘ
hereditary ⓘ
hasRank dastur NERFINISHED ⓘ
herbad NERFINISHED ⓘ
mobed ⓘ
hasRole interpretation of Zoroastrian doctrine ⓘ
performance of Zoroastrian liturgy ⓘ
preservation of Zoroastrian rituals ⓘ
highestTitle dastur NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCenter Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainScripture Avesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khordeh Avesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vendidad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Visperad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yasna NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintains Atash Adaran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atash Behram NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atash Dadgah NERFINISHED ⓘ
fire temple ⓘ
performsCalendarFunction maintenance of Zoroastrian calendar ⓘ
performsRitual Atash Niyash (fire liturgy) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bareshnum purification ⓘ
Gahambar festivals ⓘ
Jashan ceremony ⓘ
Navjote initiation ⓘ
Yasna ceremony ⓘ
funeral rites ⓘ
wedding ceremony ⓘ
relatedConcept magi NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
religiousLawSource Pahlavi books ⓘ
responsibleFor training of new priests ⓘ
transmission of ritual knowledge ⓘ
teachesDoctrine Ahura Mazda worship ⓘ
asha (truth and order) NERFINISHED ⓘ
dualism of good and evil ⓘ
ethical triad good thoughts good words good deeds ⓘ
trainingInstitution madressa (priestly school) ⓘ
usesLanguage Avestan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Middle Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Avestan language → usedBy → Zoroastrian priesthood ⓘ
Zoroastrian fire temples → servedBy → Zoroastrian priesthood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoroastrian priests
Yasna → performedBy → Zoroastrian priesthood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoroastrian priests
Visperad → performedBy → Zoroastrian priesthood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoroastrian priests