| 单词 | fire altar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire altar fire altar n. now historical (a) an altar used in the worship of fire; (b) an altar upon which sacrificial offerings are burnt. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar > [noun] > of fire pyree1638 fire altar1723 1723 J. Trenchard & T. Gordon in Brit. Jrnl. 13 July 2/1 In these Churches there were no Fire-Altars; but the sacred Fire before which they worshipp'd, was maintain'd only with a Lamp. 1754 W. Borlase Observ. Antiq. Cornwall ii. xviii. 120 The victim being dead, prayers succeeded, the blood of the victim was pour'd out, and what was to be burnt was plac'd on the Fire-altar. 1853 G. Smith Gentile Nations (?1854) viii. 471 Every house, indeed, had a fire-altar of its own..where the sacred fire of the family was continually burning. 1926 M. Leinster Dew on Leaf 30 Fire-altar wreathed in clouds of incense. 2003 E. R. M. Dusinberre Aspects Empire in Achaemenid Sardis iii. 67 A fire altar might conform to the practices of Mazdaism; although there is no mention in the excavators' reports of bone in the uppermost layer of burning. < as lemmas |
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