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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
pyre
 
PRONUNCIATION:  pr
NOUN:1. A heap of combustibles for burning a corpse as a funeral rite. 2. A pile of combustibles.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin pyra, from Greek pur, from pr, fire. See paw in Appendix I.
 
 
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