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Pyree vs Pyres - What's the difference?

pyree | pyres |

As nouns the difference between pyree and pyres

is that pyree is (obsolete|rare) a temple devoted to fire among the ancient persians while pyres is .

pyree

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete, rare) A temple devoted to fire among the ancient Persians.
  • *1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , II:
  • *:But more usefull to our intellect, is the long time famous'd Mountaine Albors , neere this place; infamous in the Pyreë or Temple of Idolatrous Fyre, which has never gone out for fifty Ages.
  • *1841 , The Existence of Christ Disproved , London 1841, p. 63:
  • *:The fire Ether, which they supposed to circulate throughout the universe, was represented in their pyrees , or fire temples, by the sacred fire kept continually alive by the Magi, or priests [...].
  • *1892 , Notes and Queries , vol. LXXXVI:
  • *:In Persia the temples of fire are called Pyrees ; the most celebrated is that of Baalbec, the city of the sun.
  • Anagrams

    * peery ----

    pyres

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Anagrams

    * *