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pyre

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pyre  (pr)
n.
1. A heap of combustibles for burning a corpse as a funeral rite.
2. A pile of combustibles.

[Latin pyra, from Greek pur, from pr, fire; see paw in Indo-European roots.]

pyre [paɪə]
n
a heap or pile of wood or other combustible material, esp one used for cremating a corpse
[from Latin pyra, from Greek pura hearth, from pur fire]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pyrepyre - wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Translations
pyre [ˈpaɪəʳ] Npira f (fig) → hoguera f

pyre [ˈpaɪər] nbûcher m funeral pyre

pyre
nScheiterhaufen m (zum Verbrennen von Leichen)

pyre [ˈpaɪəʳ] npira
pyre [ˈpaɪəʳ] npira

pyre
n pyre [ˈpaiə]
a pile of wood on which a dead body is ceremonially burned a funeral pyre vuurstapel, brandstapel مَحْرَقَه، كَوْمَة حَطَب لِحَرْق جُثَّة الميِّت погребална клада hranice bål; ligbål der Scheiterhaufen πυρά pira tuleriit تل هیزم rovio bûcher funéraire מְדוּרָה לִשרֵפַת גוּפוֹת चित्ता halotti máglya api unggun bálköstur; líkbál pira 積みまき (화장용) 장작더미 laužas (apbedīšanas) sārts unggun brandstapel likbål stos (pogrzebowy) pira rug погребальный костёр hranica grmada pir bål กองฟืน odun yığını 火葬用的柴堆 похоронне вогнище چتا giàn thiêu


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The Parsee, leading the others, noiselessly crept through the wood, and in ten minutes they found themselves on the banks of a small stream, whence, by the light of the rosin torches, they perceived a pyre of wood, on the top of which lay the embalmed body of the rajah, which was to be burned with his wife.
A single stroke of the heavy blade and then the corpse to the flaming pyre without.
The Achaeans then bury Antilochus and lay out the body of Achilles, while Thetis, arriving with the Muses and her sisters, bewails her son, whom she afterwards catches away from the pyre and transports to the White Island.
 
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