pyree

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Definition of pyree

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noun

  1. (obsolete, rare)An ancient Persian temple devoted to fire.
    “But more usefull to our intellect, is the long time famous'd Mountaine Albors, neere this place; infamous in the Pyreë or Temple of Idolatrous Fyre, which has never gone out for fifty Ages.”
    “The fire Ether, which they supposed to circulate throughout the universe, was represented in their pyrees, or fire temples, by the sacred fire kept continually alive by the Magi, or priests [...].”
    “In Persia the temples of fire are called Pyrees; the most celebrated is that of Baalbec, the city of the sun.”

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Etymology

From Late Latin pyreum, from Ancient Greek πυρεῖον (pureîon).

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