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Pronunciation: [bˈi͡ə] (IPA)

The word "bier" is often associated with death and funerals. It refers to a stand or a framework on which a coffin is placed. However, there are various synonyms for this word that are less commonly used. For example, the word "catafalque" is used to describe an elaborate and ornamental funeral stand, usually used for important people. "Coffin stand" is another synonym, that is used to describe a simple bier made of wood or metal. "Mortuary table" is also used to describe a bier that is used for preparing a body for burial. While these synonyms may not be commonly known, they offer some variety when describing this final resting place of the deceased.
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    • Proper noun, singular
      beer.

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Usage examples for Bier

And when a year was passed away, All pale on her bier the young maid lay; And the glow-worm came With its silvery flame, And sparkled and shone Through the night of St. John, And they closed the cold grave o'er the maid's cold clay.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
Four strong men carried the bier on which the coffin was placed, and as chance willed it, when they passed the smithy, one of the bearers stumbled and fell, which so startled the one walking behind him, that he lost his presence of mind, the bier lurched to one side, and the coffin fell to the ground.
"St. Peter's Umbrella"
Kálmán Mikszáth
I do not know why I gave in, nor am I sure I ever did yield; but when the heavy smoke of the last round slowly rose over the bier, I felt myself jerked up into the saddle of a horse that plunged wildly and struck out madly in affright With a rider's instinct, I held my seat, and even managed the bounding animal with the hand of a practised rider.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever

Famous quotes with Bier

  • A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.
    Edith Evans
  • For the first fourteen years for a rod they do whine, For the next as a pearl in the world they do shine, For the next trim beauty beginneth to swerve, For the next matrons or drudges they serve, For the next doth crave a staff for a stay, For the next a bier to fetch them away.
    Thomas Tusser
  • When I am dead, no pageant train Shall waste their sorrows at my bier, Nor worthless pomp of homage vain Stain it with hypocritic tear.
    Edward Everett
  • A cypress-bough, and a rose-wreath sweet, A wedding-robe, and a winding-sheet, A bridal bed and a bier. Thine be the kisses, maid, And smiling Love’s alarms; And thou, pale youth, be laid In the grave’s cold arms. Each in his own charms, Death and Hymen both are here; So up with scythe and torch, And to the old church porch, While all the bells ring clear: And rosy, rosy the bed shall bloom, And earthy, earthy heap up the tomb.
    Thomas Lovell Beddoes
  • See! he sinks Without a word; and his ensanguined bier Is vacant in the west, while far and near Behold! each coward shadow eastward shrinks, Thou dost not strive, O sun, nor dost thou cry Amid thy cloud-built streets.
    Frederick William Faber

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