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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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