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Definition: Funeral pile
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.
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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.
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