fire temple

American  

noun

1. a place of worship for Zoroastrians.

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Etymology

Origin of fire temple

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

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 of this province nor any without a fire temple.

From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by Nariman, G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro)