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pyrees

pyrees is the plural of pyree.

Meaning of pyree

Noun

pyree (plural pyrees)

  1. (obsolete, rare) An ancient Persian temple devoted to fire.
    • 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.1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section II

Questions about pyrees

What is pyrees the plural of?
Pyrees is the plural of pyree.

Words near pyrees in the dictionary

  1. pyrazyl
  2. pyre
  3. pyrectic
  4. pyrectics
  5. pyree
  6. pyrees
  7. pyrena
  8. pyrenae
  9. Pyrenaean
  10. pyrene
  11. Pyrenean

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