All 3 Uses of
pyre
in
Angels & Demons
- Dead center of the sanctuary, beneath the main cupola, wooden pews had been stacked high and were now ablaze in some sort of epic funeral pyre.†
Chpt 91-92 *
- High above on the balcony, like a soul tearing free of its corporeal restrains, a luminous pyre of flame erupted from the camerlegno's center.†
Chpt 133-134
- A pyre of mystical fire …. an angel materializing from out of the crowd …. her soft hand taking his and leading him into the night …. guiding his exhausted, battered body through the streets …. leading him here …. to this suite …. propping him half-sleeping in a scalding hot shower …. leading him to this bed …. and watching over him as he fell asleep like the dead.†
Chpt 137
Definition:
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(pyre) a pile of wood or other burnable material -- especially to burn a dead body as in a funeral rite