A hearth is the place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a horizontal hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.

What does hearth mean in religion?

Another culture hearth has been epicenters of major religion, as in the Levant of West Asia in spawning Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; Rome for Christianity; and Mecca and Medina for Islam. India contains culture hearths for Hinduism and Buddhism, two major religions that have had major impacts around the globe.

What is hearth and example?

The definition of a hearth is a fireplace or the area in front of or surrounding a fireplace. A fireplace and its surrounding area is an example of a hearth.