The Saint of the Pyre was happy because he knew that someone in the crowd surrounding him would continue his quest for knowledge. When his eyes lingered on Equality 7-2521, it was because the Saint realized Equality would go on a search for the "Unspeakable Word". The Saint, despite being executed, would live on in this quest for knowledge and truth.
pyre usually refers to a ceremonial or funeral fire and a corpse is usually burned in them (old ships were once burned in ceremonial pyres as well)
A pyre is a fire that people were burned on instead of a funeral and burial. For example, "The King's family kept watch by the pyre all night".
Beowulf tells Wiglaf that he wants his burned-out funeral pyre to be a landmark for sailors navigating the ocean, so they can call it Beowulf's Barrow.
The Hindu Indian custom of suttee required that a still living widow of a high status man be burned along with her former husband's corpse in a funeral pyre.
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A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.
Pyre is practiced in India.
I see her husband's pyre.
In the movie, Paris kills Achilles with a bow and arrow and Troy is burned to the ground. At the very end, it finishes with Achilles's body being burned on the pyre in Troy and the smoke flying into the air.
The Funeral Pyre was created in 2001.
Beowulf's final wishes were to have his body burned on a funeral pyre and to have a tall tower built as a memorial for him as a reminder of his legacy and bravery.
Mankind's flaming pyre has conquered the wayward breezes. The pyre rose higher and higher.