Webster's Online Dictionary
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Date "Yezd" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
Specialty Definition: Yezd
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | 1: Yezd (1 syl.). Chief residence of the Fire-worshippers. Stephen says they have kept the sacred fire alight above 3,000 years, without suffering it to go out for a second. The sacred fire is on the mountain Ater Quedah (Mansion of the Fire), and he is deemed unfortunate who dies away from the mountain. (Persia.) 2: Thomas Moore: Laila Rookh, pt. i. 3: Where aged saints in dreams of heaven expire." 4: "From Yezd's eternal `Mansion of the Fire,'. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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