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=== Zoroastrianism === {{Main|Mobad}} A Zoroastrian priest are called a Mobad and they officiate the ''[[Yasna]]'', pouring libations into the sacred fire to the accompaniment of ritual chants. The Mobad also prepare drinks for the ''[[haoma]]'' ritual.<ref>{{cite book |last=Boyce |first=Mary |title=Zoroastrians, their religious beliefs and practices |publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2001 |isbn=0-415-23902-8 |location=London |orig-year=1979}}</ref> In Indian [[Zoroastrianism]], the priesthood is reserved for men and is a mostly hereditary position,<ref>{{citation |last=Nigosian |first=Solomon Alexander |title=The Zoroastrian Faith: Tradition and Modern Research |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Uspf6eDDvjAC&pg=PA104 104] |year=1993 |place=Montreal, Quebec |publisher=[[McGill-Queen's University Press]] |isbn=0-7735-1144-X |oclc=243566889}}</ref> but women have been ordained in Iran and North America as a mobedyar, meaning an assistant mobed.<ref>{{citation |last=Wadia |first=Arzan Sam |title=The Jury Is Still Out On Women as Parsi Priests |date=March 9, 2011 |work=parsikhabar.net |publisher=Parsi Khabar |url=http://parsikhabar.net/religion/the-jury-is-still-out-on-women-as-parsi-priests/2968/}}</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Khosraviani |first=Mahshad |title=Sedreh Pooshi by Female Mobedyar in Toronto-Canada |date=June 19, 2013 |work=parsinews.net |publisher=Parsi News |url=http://www.parsinews.net/sedreh-pooshi-by-female-mobedyar-in-toronto-canada/3922.html?fb_source=pubv1 |access-date=October 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009105723/http://www.parsinews.net/sedreh-pooshi-by-female-mobedyar-in-toronto-canada/3922.html?fb_source=pubv1 |archive-date=October 9, 2014}}</ref>
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