Definition of "fire-worship" [fire-worship]

• The worship of fire, or of the god of fire, or of the divine as typified by fire; also, the ceremonial cult of a public or a family hearth, as practised, for instance, by all Aryan peoples, by all ancient Greek communities, by the vestal virgins of Rome, and in each ancient Greek and Roman family. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Al – Islam and he told her that it was the true and right Faith and that our lord Mohammed had approved himself by surpassing miracles400 and signs manifest, and that fire-worship is harmful and not profitable; and he went on to expound to her the tenets of Al – Islam till she was persuaded and the love of the True Faith entered her heart."
• "What is clear is that the Yazidis borrowed elements of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, as well as the Zoroastrian fire-worship religion of Iran, and wove them into a faith both mysterious and somehow familiar to those who wander into their temples and graveyards, which dot the hillsides of northern Iraq."
• "Not only are the crockets on our cathedral spires and church pews remnants of fire-worship, but one of our own most beautiful Christian blessings is probably of Assyrian origin."