máglya
B2
Hungarian
stake, pyre
NOUN
B2
LITERARY
1
stake
C1
Usage pattern:
máglyán eléget; máglyára ítél
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Meaning
post for burning execution
Themes
execution
|history
|burning
|punishment
|literary
|law
Definition
A wooden post to which a person was tied in order to be burned to death as a form of execution.
NOUN
B2
1
pyre
C1
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Meaning
funeral fire for a body
Themes
fire
|cremation
|funeral
|ritual
|death
|religion
|rituals
|history
Definition
A pile of wood or other material built for burning, especially one used to cremate a dead body.
NOUN
C1
LITERARY
1
pyre
C2
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Meaning
large fire like a burning pile
Themes
fire
|destruction
|literary
|metaphor
|disaster
|disasters
|literature
|news
Definition
A large, intense fire, often described in a dramatic or figurative way as if something is being consumed like a funeral pyre.
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