noun
- a Zoroastrian fire ritual or ceremony in which offerings are made to fire as a sacred element
Usage: religious/cultural term; also spelled 'homage' in some historical contexts, but 'homa' is the standard transliteration from Avestan
Examples
- The homa ceremony is central to Zoroastrian worship and involves the recitation of sacred texts.
- Participants in the homa ritual make offerings of wood, milk, and other sacred substances to the fire.
- The homa fire is believed to carry prayers and offerings to the divine realm in Zoroastrianism.