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Nov 30, 2009
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Par•see



Pronunciation: (pär'sē, pär-sē'), [key]
n.
1. an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
2. the Middle Persian dialect of the Parsee scriptures. Also,Par'si.

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parsecParseeism
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