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pyrolatry (n.)

"fire-worship," 1660s, from pyro- + -latry "worship of." Related: Pyrolater.

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pyro- 

before vowels pyr-, word-forming element form meaning "fire," from Greek pyr (genitive pyros) "fire, funeral fire," also symbolic of terrible things, rages, "rarely as an image of warmth and comfort" [Liddell & Scott], from PIE root *paewr- "fire." Pyriphlegethon, literally "fire-blazing," was one of the rivers of Hell.

-latry 
word-forming element meaning "worship of," used as an element in native formations from 19c. (such as bardolatry), from Greek -latreia "worship, service paid to the gods, hired labor," related to latron (n.) "pay, hire," latris "servant, worshipper," from PIE *le- (1) "to get" (see larceny).

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Definitions of pyrolatry from WordNet

pyrolatry (n.)
the worship of fire;
Synonyms: fire-worship
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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