heliolatry

English

Etymology

helio- +‎ -latry

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌhi.liˈɑl.ə.tɹi/

Noun

heliolatry (usually uncountable, plural heliolatries)

1. worship of the sun as an actual religion/mythos
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