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heliotheism

heliotheism noun: the worship of the Sun; the belief that the Sun is a god.

Noun

heliotheism (uncountable)

  1. The worship of the Sun; the belief that the Sun is a god.
    • Sun-worship (solarism, or heliotheism) seems to the modern scientist to be the best of all forms of theism, and the one which may be most easily reconciled with modern monism.1905, Ernst Haeckel, translated by Joseph McCabe, The Riddle of the Universe: At the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Harper & Brothers Publishers, page 280
    Synonyms:
    solarism, sun worship, heliolatry

Synonyms of heliotheism

Origin of heliotheism

From helio- + theism.

Words formed from heliotheism

Questions about heliotheism

What does heliotheism mean?
Heliotheism means the worship of the Sun; the belief that the Sun is a god.
What part of speech is heliotheism?
Heliotheism is a noun.

Words near heliotheism in the dictionary

  1. heliotactic
  2. heliotail
  3. heliotails
  4. heliotaxis
  5. heliothalassotherapy
  6. heliotheism
  7. heliotheist
  8. heliotheistic
  9. heliotheists
  10. heliotherapeutic
  11. heliotherapies

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