(Pers.) a Zoroastrian priest, orig. head priest ('Magu-paiti', master of Magi).
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(from the article `Iran, ancient`) ...furthermore, were developed between religion and the state, and an ecclesiastical organization was set up in which every local district of any ... ...The modern equivalent of the word, herbad or ervad, designates a priest of the lower degree, who in the more important ceremonies only acts as the ......
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/104
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