pyree

plural pyrees

1. obsoleterareAn ancient Persian temple devoted to fire.

   In Persia the temples of fire are called Pyrees; the most celebrated is that of Baalbec, the city of the sun.

   1892, Notes and Queries, volume LXXXVI

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   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

   The fire Ether, which they supposed to circulate throughout the universe, was represented in their pyrees, or fire temples, by the sacred fire kept continually alive by the Magi, or priests [...].

   1841, The Existence of Christ Disproved, London, page 63

1. A locality in the Shoalhaven council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.