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▪ I. ‖ hom|həʊm| Also homa. [Pers. hōm, Zend. haoma, = Skr. sōma.] The sacred plant of the ancient Persians and Parsees; also its juice: originally the same as the soma of the Vedas.
1855Bailey Mystic 35 And hom sweet herblet of immortal life Sipped till transmute he stood. 1862F. Hall in Parthenon 1 Nov. 844/1 Under the name of homa, the part which this liquid [the juice of the soma, or acid asclepias] plays in the offerings of the Parsees is almost equally conspicuous. 1870Rock Text. Fabr. 238 The tree-like ornament..seems the traditionary form of the Persians' ‘hom’. 1878F. B. Palliser tr. Jacquemart's Hist. Furniture 468 Hom or sacred palm depicted upon Persian textiles. 1886Edin. Rev. July 151 A shrub of homa on an enamelled gold vase. b. attrib. and Comb.
1882E. W. West Pahlavi Texts ii. 165 note, This twig a small fragment of which is pounded with the Hôm-twigs when preparing the Hôm-juice. ▪ II. hom obs. f. home; var. hem pron., Obs., them. |