fire-worship
1Fire 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… …
2Fire 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… …
3Fire 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… …
4FIRE-WORSHIP — worship of fire, especially as embodied in the sun viewed as the most express and emphatic exhibition of beneficent divine power …
5fire worship — worship of fire (prevailing mainly in Persia) …
6fire 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 …
7fire-worship — noun the worship of fire • Syn: ↑pyrolatry • Hypernyms: ↑worship …
8fire worship — noun : religious homage to fire or to a deity symbolized by fire …
9fire-worship — n. Mazdeism, Zoroastrianism, Magianism, Parseeism, Dualism …
10Worship — 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… …