fire temple
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fire temple
First recorded in 1735–45
Example Sentences
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Two of the museum's most compelling exhibits are replicas of a Tower of Silence and a Parsi fire temple.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
Mr. Mistry and Mr. Pandole had both lost their fathers recently, and they were traveling toward Mumbai after offering prayers at the Iranshah fire temple in Udvada, a tiny village in Gujarat.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
By contrast, the Parsi fire temple we passed used English and Gujarati lettering of equal size, because its Parsi devotees usually speak Gujarati and English.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2019
Built in 1921, Cozy Building is one of four Parsi buildings near Gowalia Tank - a park in central Mumbai - that flank a lane, with a fire temple at the end of it.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2016
There is not any district nor any town of Fars without a fire temple.
From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by Nariman, G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro)
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