单词 | fire-worshipper |
释义 | fire-worshippern. 1. A Zoroastrian, a Parsee.Although Zoroastrians do not worship fire, the term fire-worshipper has come to be applied to them because Zoroastrian prayers and ceremonies are performed before a sacred fire (cf. quot. 1806). ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Zoroastrianism > [noun] > person Persian1613 Parsee1625 fire-worshipper1638 Guebre1687 Zoroastrian1811 mobed1815 Zend1819 Zarathustrian1871 Mazdaean1881 Mazdaist1920 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) ii. 270 This Darius Histasp I imagine to be that same Gustasp who..made his people fire worshippers. 1715 J. Stevens tr. Hist. Persia xvii. 65 He perswaded him to embrace the Sect of Zarduxt, or Zoroastes, which is that of the Fire Worshippers. 1769 T. Smollett Present State All Nations VII. 6 The followers of the great Zoroaster..are distinguished by the title of Fire-worshippers. 1806 T. Maurice Fall of Mogul p. xix Persees, who, though in these pages denominated fire-worshippers, are represented by enlightened travellers as only adoring the supreme Deity in their favourite symbols of the sun and fire. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 13 The Fire-worshippers of ancient Persia. 1966 S. J. Perelman Chicken Inspector No. 23 14 Mr. Nuroddin is what they call a Parsee, this very high-toned sect of fire worshippers. 2010 Investors Chron. (Nexis) 27 May Mr Tata comes from a long line of fire-worshippers, a religion which emphasises education, goodwill and integrity. 2. gen. A person who worships fire. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of fire > practitioner of fire-worshipper1748 pyrolater1801 ignicolist1816 1748 A. A. Sykes Ess. Sacrifices 345 They that worshipped either Vesta, or Vulcan, were properly Fire Worshippers. 1845 Q. Rev. Sept. 360 A multitude of facts respecting the Druids and the fire-worshippers in Ireland. 1904 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 59 The Firbolgs, that race of fire-worshippers which was of Eastern origin, and inhabited Ireland at the coming of the first Christian missionaries. 1999 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 12 Jan. 1 Through the streets of the town we go—with more than 1,000 fire-worshippers following on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1638 |
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