hieron

See also: Hieron and Hiéron

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἱερόν (hierón, “sacred”).

Noun

hieron (plural hierons or hiera)

1. A consecrated place, especially a temple.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hieron”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Horine, heroin, on hire

Finnish

Verb

hieron

1. first-person singular present indicative of hieroa

Anagrams

• heroin