Funeral+pile
31Pyre — Pyre, n. [L. pure, Gr. ?, fr. ? fire. See {Fire}.] A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt. [1913 Webster] For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal …
32Charles James Napier — For the similarly named Admiral, his contemporary in the Peninsular Campaign, see Charles John Napier General Sir Charles Napier GCB …
33Mount Oeta — (Greek: Όρος Οίτη, also transcribed as Oita, Oite or Iti; older name: Καταβόθρα) is a mountain to the south of Central Greece, in Greece, forming a boundary between the valleys of the Spercheius and the Boeotian Cephissus. It is an offshoot of… …
34Sati — Darstellung einer Witwenverbrennung im 19. Jahrhundert Sati (Sanskrit, f., सती, satī, wörtl.: „die Seiende“, Frau, die den richtigen, mutigen Weg wählt) ist die rituelle Verbrennung von Frauen in einigen indischen Religionsgemeinschaften. Nach… …
35Witwenverbrennung — Dieser Artikel beschäftigt sich mit dem Phänomen der Witwenverbrennung im Hinduismus; für die gleichnamige Göttin siehe Sati (Göttin); zur Bedeutung von Sati (Pali) im Buddhismus siehe Achtsamkeit. Darstellung einer Witwenverbrennung im 19.… …
36balefire — /bayl fuyeur /, n. 1. a large fire in the open air; bonfire. 2. a signal fire; beacon. 3. the fire of a funeral pile. [1250 1300; ME bal(e)fir, equiv. to bale ( < ON bal funeral pyre) + fire FIRE; r. OE baelfyr] * * * …
37Mission Indians (of California) — • A name of no real ethnic significance, but used as a convenient popular and official term to designate the modern descendants of those tribes of California, of various stocks and languages, evangelized by the Franciscans in the latter part of… …
38State of Washington — State of Washington † Catholic Encyclopedia ► State of Washington One of the Pacific cost states, popularly known as the Evergreen State , the sixteenth in size among the state of the Union and the twenty ninth in the order of… …
39pyre — noun /ˈpaɪɚ/ a) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned. , For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. Homer Iliad, p. 31 b) Any heap or pile of combustibles …
40Noads — This is without doubt one of the most unusual of habitational surname with an Olde English pre 7th Century origin. The derivation is from the word ad , however, the precise meaning is unclear and appears to have a different translation in… …
