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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Funeral \Fu"ner*al\, a. [LL. funeralis. See Funeral, n.]
     Pertaining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead;
     as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Funeral pile or Funeral pyre, a structure of combustible
        material, upon which a dead body is placed to be reduced
        to ashes, as part of a funeral rite; a pyre. --
        Fu"ner*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  funeral pyre
       n : wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn:
           pyre]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  funeral pyre
     n.
     A pyre; a funeral pile

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  funeral pyre
     n.
     A pyre; a funeral pile

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  funeral pyre
     n.
     A pyre; a funeral pile

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  funeral pyre
     n.
     A pyre; a funeral pile

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