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Burning at the stake   /bˈərnɪŋ æt ðə steɪk/   Listen
Burning at the stake

noun
1.
Execution by fire.  Synonym: burning.





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"Burning at the stake" Quotes from Famous Books



... complaints made to discredit the queen with Arthur. Finally she was accused of treason, and Arthur, broken-hearted, was compelled to sit in judgment upon his wife as upon any other of his subjects. The punishment for treason in those days was burning at the stake, and the queen was condemned to ...
— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 • Charles Sylvester
... copies. The king traced the book to John Faust, of Strasburg, who had furnished Gutenberg money to experiment with. The people said that Faust must have sold himself to the devil, and he only escaped burning at the stake ...
— Architects of Fate - or, Steps to Success and Power • Orison Swett Marden


Words linked to "Burning at the stake" :   auto-da-fe, capital punishment, death penalty, execution, executing, burning


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