ｈｅｌｉｏｌａｔｒｙ

\hee-lee-AH-luh-tree\

ⓝⓞⓤⓝ

: sun worship

єхαmplє ѕєntєncєѕ

• Archeologists believe that the members of the ancient civilization practiced heliolatry because each temple faced east, toward the rising sun.

• "An observer would assume that all of us—humans and shorebirds alike—are guilty of heliolatry…. We had endured a series of dark, gloomy, winter days, during which the sun had been continually hidden behind dense, rain clouds. Now that the sun has emerged from its cloudy cave, the beach is bathed in brilliant sunshine." — George Thatcher, The Biloxi (Mississippi) Sun Herald, 22 Jan. 2013