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pyrolatry|paɪˈrɒlətrɪ|
[f. pyro- + Gr. λατρεία service, worship: cf. idolatry.]
The worship of fire, fire-worship.
1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. ii. ix. 144 Their Pyrolatrie, or fire-worship, which they learnt from the Chaldeans. 1839Moore Hist. Irel. I. ii. 26 The Pyrolatry, or Fire-worship, of the early Irish. 1891Max Müller Phys. Relig. 241 Anything like pyrolatry or worship of fire, as a mere element, is foreign to the character of the Greeks.
Hence pyˈrolater (-or), [cf. idolater], a fire-worshipper.
1801Southey Thalaba viii. note, The fires..having too near an analogy to the religion of the pyrolators. |