'Funeral pyre' definitions:
Definition of 'funeral pyre'
(from WordNet)
noun
Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn: pyre, funeral pyre]
Definition of 'Funeral pyre'
From: 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]