Meaning of "sun-worship" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SUN-WORSHIP

sun-worship  [sʌnˈwɜːʃɪp]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUN-WORSHIP

Sun-Worship is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUN-WORSHIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Solar deity

A solar deity is a sky deity who represents the Sun, or an aspect of it, usually by its perceived power and strength. Solar deities and sun worship can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms. Hence, many beliefs have formed around this worship, such as the "missing sun" found in many cultures.

Definition of sun-worship in the English dictionary

The definition of sun-worship in the dictionary is the act of worshipping the sun as a deity. Other definition of sun-worship is enjoyment of sunbathing.

TRANSLATION OF SUN-WORSHIP

Find out the translation of sun-worship to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sun-worship from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sun-worship» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 太阳崇拜
• Translator English - Spanish: adoración al sol
• English: sun-worship
• Translator English - Hindi: सूर्य की पूजा
• Translator English - Arabic: الشمس عبادة
• Translator English - Russian: ВС - поклонение
• Translator English - Portuguese: a adoração do sol
• Translator English - Bengali: রোদে পূজা
• Translator English - French: le culte du soleil
• Translator English - Malay: Sun-worship
• Translator English - German: Sonnenanbetung
• Translator English - Japanese: 太陽礼拝
• Translator English - Korean: 태양 숭배
• Translator English - Javanese: Sun-worship
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nắng thờ phượng
• Translator English - Tamil: சூரியன் வழிபாடு
• Translator English - Marathi: सूर्य-पूजा
• Translator English - Turkish: Güneş ibadet
• Translator English - Italian: sole - culto
• Translator English - Polish: kult słońca
• Translator English - Ukrainian: НД - поклоніння
• Translator English - Romanian: închinarea la soare
• Translator English - Greek: ήλιος - λατρεία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Sondag - aanbidding
• Translator English - Swedish: sol - dyrkan
• Translator English - Norwegian: sol- tilbedelse

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUN-WORSHIP»

Discover the use of sun-worship in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sun-worship and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Sun Worship in India: A Study of Deo Sun-Shrine

Chapter Ist deals with the introductory aspects of the book in which attempts have been made to show Sun-Worship in India in different periods of cultural history, besides the methodological issues of the study.

Anirudha Behari Saran, Gaya Pandey, 1992

Yahweh and the Sun: Biblical and Archaeological Evidence for ...

This challenging provocative book argues that there was in ancient Israel a considerable degree of overlap between the worship of the sun and of Yahweh-even that Yahweh was worshipped as the sun in some contexts.

Glen Taylor, 1993

The Cult of Ra: Sun-Worship in Ancient Egypt

The book closes with an account of Akhenaten, the most exclusive son of Ra, who transformed the Ra cult into the royal worship of the sun-disk, Aten.

Stephen Quirke, 2001

Suns of God

Srivastava asserts that Indian sun worship was not derived from Mesopotamia and Egypt, even though "protohistoric India had cultural contact with these countries." That there was protohistoric contact between these nations is evident from ...

Acharya S, 2004

Health And Breath Culture According To Mazdaznan Philosophy: ...

EXERCISE EIGHTH. Take a seat upon the floor, oriental fashion (see cut 2, page 102). Cross the lower limbs first before you stoop down to take your seat, for this is to be done gracefully. You are not merely to squat yourself upon the ground, ...

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Medieval Orissa: A Socio-economic Study

Sun Worship The worship of Sun had been continuing in Orissa since long past. The Sumandala plates70 of Dharmaraja of the time of Prithvivigraha (A.D. 570) state that he was a devout worshipper of Sahasrarasmin (the Sun God).

Shishir Kumar Panda, 1991

Sunday in Roman Paganism

6 The notable piles of stones that once formed the temple of the Sun at Baalbek ( The City of Baal), about forty miles northwest of Damascus, Syria, show that Sun worship was very popular in the Near East in the early centuries of the Christian ...

Robert Leo Odom, 2003

Ezekiel

SACRAL WEEPING AND SUN WORSHIP Ezekiel8:14-18 "Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord; and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15Then he said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of ...

Peter C. Craigie, 1983

Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: pt. 1. History of Gujarát

At the same time the fact that Mihirakula uses the more modern form Mihir makes it probable (Compare Rawlinson's Seventh Monarchy, 284) that Mihirakula's sun- worship was more directly the result of the spread of sun-worship in Central ...

‎1896

Sunday the world's rest day: an illustrated story of the ...

THE TESTIMONY OF SUN-WORSHIP Let us now go back and bring up another line of evidence. God is invisible and man in his inability to comprehend the invisible God, by reason of his blurred spiritual vision, sought some other visible ...

Duncan James McMillan, Alexander Jackson, 1916

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUN-WORSHIP»

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Sun Worship Yoga Mandatory for India Muslims?

Sun Worship Yoga Mandatory for India Muslims? OnIslam & Newspapers. 12-1-15_Surya-Namaskar-Indias-Sun-Worship-Infuriates-. According to Hindu beliefs, ... «Onislam.net, Jun 15»

Deal: Where to surf, sip wine, sun-worship? California guide reveals …

Here's a great trip-planning tool that's free for the asking: California Vacation Guide 2015. It carves the state up into regions and serves up best places to go, ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»

The real story of Christmas: From sun-worship to Sinterklaas

The Sun Carriage, a religious artifact of sun worship dating from the Bronze Age: Did the birthdate chosen for Jesus coincide with that of the sun god? Photo by ... «Haaretz, Dec 13»

2500-year-old tombs in China suggest sun-worshiping culture

"The ray-like stone strings might imply sun worship. No similar ones have been detected before in all of Central Asia," team leader Wu Xinhua said. The people ... «UPI.com, Jun 13»

My children have converted me to sun-worship

I used to think the world was sharply divided into summer and winter people. Summer people tanned easily, shed heavy knits with alacrity, and were energised ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 11»