What does "heliotheism" mean?

The worship of the Sun; the belief that the Sun is a god.

What is a synonym for "heliotheism"?

Common synonyms include: heliolatry, solarism, solarism, sun worship.

Heliotheism

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Noun

1
The worship of the Sun; the belief that the Sun is a god. uncountable
"Sun-worship (solarism, or heliotheism) seems to the modern scientist to be the best of all forms of theism, and the one which may be most easily reconciled with modern monism."

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heliolatry solarism solarism sun worship

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"Sun-worship (solarism, or heliotheism) seems to the modern scientist to be the best of all forms of theism, and the one which may be most easily reconciled with modern monism."

Etymology

From helio- + theism.

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