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  • 51Revenant (folklore) — For other meanings, see Revenant. See also: Revenant (fiction) A revenant is a visible ghost or animated corpse that was believed to return from the grave to terrorize the living.[1] The word revenant is derived from the Latin word, revenans,… …

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  • 52Benjamin Harrison: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       Monday, March 4, 1889       There is no constitutional or legal requirement that the President shall take the oath of office in the presence of the people, but there is so manifest an appropriateness in the public induction …

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  • 53burning — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, ablaze, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrimonious, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, algetic, alight, angry, animal heat, approaching, approximate, approximating, ardent, arm in …

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  • 54cremation — Synonyms and related words: blazing, blistering, branding, burning, calcination, carbonization, cauterization, cautery, cineration, combustion, concremation, cracking, cupellation, deflagration, destructive distillation, distillation, distilling …

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  • 55incineration — Synonyms and related words: blazing, blistering, branding, burning, calcination, carbonization, cauterization, cautery, cineration, combustion, concremation, cracking, cremation, cupellation, deflagration, destructive distillation, distillation,… …

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  • 56SARDANAPÁLUS —    the last king of Assyria; led a luxurious, effeminate life, but surprised when at his ease by a large army of invaders he suddenly developed into a hero, till hard pressed at length and shut up in Nineveh, and after two years defence finding… …

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  • 57SUTTEE —    a Hindu widow who immolates herself on the funeral pile of her husband, a term applied to the practice itself. The practice was of very ancient date, but the custom was proclaimed illegal in 1829 under Lord William Bentinck s administration,… …

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  • 58bǽlstede — m ( es/ as) a place of a funeral pile …

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  • 59ádfaru — f ( e/ a) way or path to the funeral pile; [dat ádfære] …

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  • 60ádlíeg — m ( es/ as) flame of the funeral pile …

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