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Sky burial Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Sky burial has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures

2

A funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed atop a mountain to decompose or be eaten by scavenging animals.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
funeral
Rhyming Words
ial vial dial mial rial faial thial axial inial spial glial prial arial urial phial ilial trial radial oidial monial
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