- fire-worship
- n огнепоклонничество
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Fire worship — Worship or deification of fire (also pyrodulia, pyrolatry or pyrolatria) is known from various religions. Fire has been an important part of human culture since the Lower Paleolithic. The earliest known traces of controlled fire were found at… … Wikipedia
Fire worship — Worship Wor ship, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS. weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + scipe ship. See {Worth}, a., and { ship}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] A man of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fire worship — Fire Fire (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri, f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf. {Empyrean}, {Pyre}.] 1. The evolution of light and heat in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
FIRE-WORSHIP — worship of fire, especially as embodied in the sun viewed as the most express and emphatic exhibition of beneficent divine power … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
fire worship — worship of fire (prevailing mainly in Persia) … English contemporary dictionary
fire worship — Synonyms and related words: Druidism, Parsiism, Sabaism, Zoroastrianism, animal worship, arson, demonism, demonolatry, devil worship, fetishism, fire raising, heathenism, hero worship, iconoduly, iconolatry, idol worship, idolatrousness, idolatry … Moby Thesaurus
fire-worship — noun the worship of fire • Syn: ↑pyrolatry • Hypernyms: ↑worship … Useful english dictionary
fire worship — noun : religious homage to fire or to a deity symbolized by fire … Useful english dictionary
fire-worship — n. Mazdeism, Zoroastrianism, Magianism, Parseeism, Dualism … New dictionary of synonyms
Worship — Wor ship, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS. weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + scipe ship. See {Worth}, a., and { ship}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] A man of worship and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fire — (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri, f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf. {Empyrean}, {Pyre}.] 1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
