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New Fire ceremony

New Fire ceremony noun: an Aztec ceremony performed once every 52 years, intended to stave off the end of the world. It involved putting out all existing fires, then starting a fire containing the heart of a human sacrifice, and transporting that fire around the city.

Noun

New Fire ceremony (plural New Fire ceremonies)

  1. (historical) An Aztec ceremony performed once every 52 years, intended to stave off the end of the world. It involved putting out all existing fires, then starting a fire containing the heart of a human sacrifice, and transporting that fire around the city.

Forms of New Fire ceremony

pluralNew Fire ceremonies

Questions about New Fire ceremony

What does New Fire ceremony mean?
New Fire ceremony means an Aztec ceremony performed once every 52 years, intended to stave off the end of the world. It involved putting out all existing fires, then starting a fire containing the heart of a human sacrifice, and transporting that fire around the city.
What part of speech is New Fire ceremony?
New Fire ceremony is a noun.
What is the plural of New Fire ceremony?
The plural of New Fire ceremony is New Fire ceremonies.

Words near New Fire ceremony in the dictionary

  1. new fangled
  2. New Federalism
  3. New Federalist
  4. New Federalists
  5. New Fire ceremonies
  6. New Fire ceremony
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  8. New Forest ponies
  9. New Forest pony
  10. New Forester
  11. New Foresters

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