new fire ceremony
noun
variants
or less commonly new fire
: a ceremony that recurs in many cultures, is symbolic of new life, the new year, or rebirth, and involves the extinguishing of all household fires and their rekindling on the hearths from a newly kindled ceremonial fire
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“New fire ceremony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/new%20fire%20ceremony. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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