单词 | pyral |
释义 | pyraladj. Of or relating to a pyre; constituting a pyre. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > cremation > [adjective] > relating to pile or pyre bustuary1656 rogal1656 rogalian1656 pyral1658 society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [adjective] > of or relating to a pile of wood for burning pyral1658 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iv. 61 More inflammable, and unctuously constituted for the better pyrall combustion. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iv. 57 After the pyrall combustion. 1722 J. Jones tr. Oppian Halieuticks iv. 176 Their Friends in hardy Fight untimely slain On pyral Beds the sad Survivors lay. 1751 R. O. Cambridge Scribleriad 6 His friends in pyral order laid Six ample coffins of the royal dead. 1888 Science 12 40 In connection with each house..was what the explorer calls a pyral mound. On this the bodies and effects of the dead were consigned to fire. 1904 Amer. Anthropologist 6 661 It was apparently the ancient custom to burn the dead on certain pyral mounds. 2004 R. Flint et al. Coronado Exped. Tierra Nueva 144 These pyral sites are spatially discrete from habitation sites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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