funeral pyre
NounSynonyms:
pyre
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Funeral pile, 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.
From the entry Funeral.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54