pyrolatryn.

Brit.

/pʌɪˈrɒlətri/, U.S.

/paɪˈrɑlətri/

Forms: see pyro- comb. form and -latry comb. form.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pyro- comb. form, -latry comb. form.

Etymology: < pyro- comb. form + -latry comb. form. With quot. 1662 compare the following post-classical Latin passage: Ferunt aliquando Caldeos, ignem deum suum circunferentes cum omnium prouinciarum deis habuisse conflictum ‘they say that once the Chaldaeans, who carried around fire as their god, were in conflict with the gods of all the provinces’ ( T. Rufinus (c345–411) in tr. Eusebius Ecclesiastica Historia (1533) xi. xxvi. f. xciv^v/1).

Fire worship.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of fire

pyrolatry1662

fire-worship1669

1662 T. Stanley Hist. Chaldaick Philos. ii. 65 Concerning this Pyrolatry of the Chaldæans there is a memorable passage related by Ruffinus.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. ix. 144 Their Pyrolatrie, or fire-worship, which they learnt from the Chaldeans.

1839 T. Moore Hist. Irel. I. ii. 26 The Pyrolatry, or Fire-worship, of the early Irish.

1891 F. M. Müller Physical Relig. 241 Anything like pyrolatry or worship of fire, as a mere element, is foreign to the character of the Greeks.

1922 A. Le Roy Relig. Primitives (1923) vi. 175 If these writers speak to us of phytolatry, litholatry, hydrolatry, pyrolatry, geolatry, astrolatry, and zoolatry, we will understand.

1940 Amer. Anthropologist 42 146 Pyrolatry reached its fullest development among the Creek, Natchez and Taensa.

2005 Amer. Spectator (Nexis) Oct. Six months to the day that the government of Bangladesh banned an Islamic group suspected of pyrolatry, 350 small bombs were detonated across the country within an hour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pyrolatry
释义	pyrolatryn. Brit. /pʌɪˈrɒlətri/, U.S. /paɪˈrɑlətri/ Forms: see pyro- comb. form and -latry comb. form. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pyro- comb. form, -latry comb. form. Etymology: < pyro- comb. form + -latry comb. form. With quot. 1662 compare the following post-classical Latin passage: Ferunt aliquando Caldeos, ignem deum suum circunferentes cum omnium prouinciarum deis habuisse conflictum ‘they say that once the Chaldaeans, who carried around fire as their god, were in conflict with the gods of all the provinces’ ( T. Rufinus (c345–411) in tr. Eusebius Ecclesiastica Historia (1533) xi. xxvi. f. xciv^v/1). Fire worship. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of fire pyrolatry1662 fire-worship1669 1662 T. Stanley Hist. Chaldaick Philos. ii. 65 Concerning this Pyrolatry of the Chaldæans there is a memorable passage related by Ruffinus. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. ix. 144 Their Pyrolatrie, or fire-worship, which they learnt from the Chaldeans. 1839 T. Moore Hist. Irel. I. ii. 26 The Pyrolatry, or Fire-worship, of the early Irish. 1891 F. M. Müller Physical Relig. 241 Anything like pyrolatry or worship of fire, as a mere element, is foreign to the character of the Greeks. 1922 A. Le Roy Relig. Primitives (1923) vi. 175 If these writers speak to us of phytolatry, litholatry, hydrolatry, pyrolatry, geolatry, astrolatry, and zoolatry, we will understand. 1940 Amer. Anthropologist 42 146 Pyrolatry reached its fullest development among the Creek, Natchez and Taensa. 2005 Amer. Spectator (Nexis) Oct. Six months to the day that the government of Bangladesh banned an Islamic group suspected of pyrolatry, 350 small bombs were detonated across the country within an hour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1662
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