Editing Pyre (section)

{{Short description|Form of cremation}}
{{Other uses|Pyre (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Ubud Cremation 1.jpg|thumb|An [[Ubud]] cremation ceremony in 2005]]

A '''pyre''' ({{langx|grc|{{wikt-lang|grc|πυρά}}|{{grc-transl|πυρά}}|}}; {{etymology||''{{wikt-lang|grc|πῦρ}}'' ({{grc-transl|πῦρ}})|fire}}),<ref>{{LSJ|pura/2|πυρά}}, {{LSJ|pu{{=}}r|πῦρ|ref}}.</ref><ref>{{OEtymD|pyre}}</ref> also known as a '''funeral pyre''', is a structure, usually made of wood, for burning a body as part of a funeral rite or execution. As a form of [[cremation]], a body is placed upon or under the pyre, which is then set on fire.

In discussing [[ancient Greek religion]], "pyre" (the normal Greek word for fire anglicized) is also used for the sacred fires at altars, on which parts of the [[animal sacrifice]] were burnt as an offering to the deity.