heliolatry

English

Etymology

From helio- +‎ -latry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhi.liˈɑl.ə.tɹi/

Noun

heliolatry (usually uncountable, plural heliolatries)

1. The worship of the sun as an actual religion or mythos.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:

     The sun […] had a curious sentient, personal look, […] his present aspect […] explained the old-time heliolatries in a moment.

2. (euphemistic) Sunbathing.

Synonyms

• (religion): heliotheism

Related terms

• heliolater
• heliolatrous

Translations

worship of the sun as religion

• Finnish: auringonpalvonta
• Greek: ηλιολατρία (el) f (iliolatría)
• Hungarian: napimádat, napimádás (hu)
• Malayalam: സൂര്യോപാസന (sūryōpāsana)
• Portuguese: heliolatria f
• Telugu: సౌరజపము (saurajapamu)

sunbathing

• Finnish: auringonpalvonta