There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb Zoroastrianize. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
The earliest known use of the verb Zoroastrianize is in the 1890s.
OED's earliest evidence for Zoroastrianize is from 1891, in the writing of T. K. Cheyne.
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1891–
transitive to make (someone or something) Zoroastrian in character or beliefs.
Stressed as Zoroˈastrianize.
1891
The Judaism carried to Egypt..had..been already in some degree Zoroastrianized.
T. K. Cheyne, Origin & Religious Contents of Psalter viii. 452
2008
Just as the Sasanids Zoroastrianized the state, the Safavids ‘Shi'itized’ the state.
Middle East Journal vol. 58 552
transitive to make (someone or something) Zoroastrian in character or beliefs.
Originally published as part of the entry for Zoroastrian, adj. & n.
Zoroastrian, adj. & n. was revised in March 2023.
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