pyres
Example Sentences
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They cremated their dead on wood funeral pyres for three days, to purify the bodies of the deceased and transition their souls back into the Earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2024
The funeral pyres were extinguished as the sun set.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2023
The 13 bodies were carried on Sunday to the banks of the Bheri River and placed on pyres made of stacked wood.
From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2023
The coffins were placed on pyres newly built from bricks and dressed with flowers and black and white decorative cloth.
From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022
“They don’t use pyres at the Court anymore.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
