All 5 Uses

pyre
in
Grendel
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They throw up a mound for the funeral pyre, for whatever arms or legs or heads my haste has left behind.†
Chpt 1 *

pyre = a pile of wood or other burnable material
The people listen silent and solemn to the old Shaper's song on the young man's lips, and the pyre where the old man lies stands waiting for fire.†
Chpt 10
Ice glints on the sides of the pyre.†
Chpt 10
Men light the pyre.†
Chpt 10
The priests walk slowly around the pyre, saying antique prayers, and the crowd, all in black, ignoring the black priests, keens.†
Chpt 10

Definitions:

(1) (pyre)
a pile of wood or other burnable material -- especially to burn a dead body as in a funeral rite
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)