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词汇 funeral-pyre
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funeral pyre

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meanings of funeraland pyre


These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings.
funeral
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈfjuː.nər.əl/ us /ˈfjuː.nɚ.əl/
a (usually religious) ceremony for burying or burning the body of a ...
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pyre
noun[ C ]
uk /paɪər/ us /paɪr/
a large pile of wood on which a dead body is burned in some parts of ...
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Examples of funeral pyre


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Cremation was impossible because the money needed for wood for the funeralpyre, 300 to 400 rupees, was lacking.
He also describes one grand passion and how he asked his eldest son to place his beloved's farewell letter on his funeralpyre.
Wash clothes for both ritual and everyday occasions; provide and place firewood on the funeralpyre.
This is why we should make a funeralpyre of this document.
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The moment they start to print money, they will be putting a match to the funeralpyre.
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On the contrary, it could be the funeralpyre of our species.
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I feel so terribly sad for those farmers whose lifetime's labours have gone up in smoke from the funeralpyre.
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There was almost a funeralpyre during the 1985 debate on wave energy.
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One hopes that they have expressed their views and that that particular form of celebration will not continue and become a funeralpyre in the form of violence.
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I had to reassure people that there is not a funeralpyre of animals in every field and that we are talking about only a small percentage of our livestock.
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Overcome by repentance, he burns himself on the funeralpyre of the woman.
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This was the custom of burning a widow alive on the funeralpyre of her husband.
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The wife cremates her husband and commits sati by jumping into his funeralpyre.
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Sometimes those carrying the dead would come across an already burning funeralpyre, dump a new body on it, and walk away.
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Patroclus is cremated on a funeralpyre, and his bones are collected into a golden urn in two layers of fat.
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