balefire
1 synonym for balefire, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A large fire lit outdoors, for example as part of a funeral or a ritual.
Etymology
It developed from Middle English bale-fyre, from Old English bǣlfȳr (“balefire, funeral or sacrificial fire”); this is equivalent to bale (“funeral pyre”) + fire.
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