Speakur

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new fire ceremony

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
new -fire cer-e-mo-ny
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Aztec ceremony performed once every 52 years, intended to stave off the end of the world. It involved putting out all existing fires, then starting a fire containing the heart of a human sacrifice, and transporting that fire around the city.

Inflected Forms

New Fire ceremonies (plural)

Questions

What does new fire ceremony mean?
An Aztec ceremony performed once every 52 years, intended to stave off the end of the world. It involved putting out all existing fires, then starting a fire containing the heart of a human sacrifice, and transporting that fire around the city.

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