heliolatry
English
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editheliolatry (usually uncountable, plural heliolatries)
- worship of the sun as an actual religion/mythos
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:
- The sun […] had a curious sentient, personal look, […] his present aspect […] explained the old-time heliolatries in a moment.
- (euphemistic) sunbathing
Synonyms
edit- (religion): heliotheism
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editworship of the sun as religion
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sunbathing
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