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Ignicolist

Ig-nic′o-list

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Noun.
[L.
ignis
fire +
colere
to worship.]
A worshiper of fire.
[R.]

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ignicolist

ignicolist

English

Noun

ignicolist (plural ignicolists)

  1. (rare) A worshiper of fire.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 88:
      Van was delighted and shocked to distinguish, right there in the inky shrubbery, Ada in her long nightgown passing by with a lighted candle in one hand and a shoe in the other as if stealing after the belated ignicolists.

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