† pyreen.

Forms: 1600s pyree, 1600s pyreë.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pyreum.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pyreum altar of fire in the religion of the ancient Persians (6th cent.) < ancient Greek πυρεῖον (usually in plural) firesticks, kindling, in Hellenistic Greek also pan for coals < πῦρ fire (see pyro- comb. form) + -εῖον, suffix forming nouns. Compare French pyrée (1702).

Obsolete. rare.

The altar of fire in the religion of the ancient Persians.

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pyree1638

fire altar1723

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) ii. 186 Albors..infamous in the Pyreë or Temple of Idolatrous Fyre, which has never gone out for fifty Ages.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) ii. 277 The Pyree he incinerated, and made other common fire be commixt with that they boasted they had from heaven.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pyree
释义	† pyreen. Forms: 1600s pyree, 1600s pyreë. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pyreum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pyreum altar of fire in the religion of the ancient Persians (6th cent.) < ancient Greek πυρεῖον (usually in plural) firesticks, kindling, in Hellenistic Greek also pan for coals < πῦρ fire (see pyro- comb. form) + -εῖον, suffix forming nouns. Compare French pyrée (1702). Obsolete. rare. The altar of fire in the religion of the ancient Persians. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar > [noun] > of fire pyree1638 fire altar1723 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) ii. 186 Albors..infamous in the Pyreë or Temple of Idolatrous Fyre, which has never gone out for fifty Ages. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) ii. 277 The Pyree he incinerated, and made other common fire be commixt with that they boasted they had from heaven. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1638
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