noun
- worship of the sun as a deity
- a philosophical or religious system based on the sun as a central principle
Usage: religious studies
Usage: philosophy; religion
Examples
- Ancient Egyptian religion included elements of solarism in their worship of Ra.
- The temple was built according to principles of solarism, with its entrance facing east.
- Many early civilizations practiced forms of solarism before adopting other religious systems.
- The scholar wrote extensively about solarism in pre-Columbian American cultures.
- Solarism influenced the architectural design of several ancient monuments.
- The anthropologist studied various forms of solarism across different societies.