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

The life-size replica of the fire temple is equally fascinating, offering a rare glimpse into a sacred space typically off-limits to non-Parsis.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

Outside, across a narrow alley, workers are once again renovating the majestic fire temple, where the marble has been polished clean and the stone of the outer walls treated with chemicals to resist decay.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2021

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

To-day, the Mussulman mosque, the pagoda of the Hindoo, the fire temple of the Parsee, the Roman and Greek churches, meet together.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various