the stake



the stake

Execution by being burned alive while tied to a large wooden stake. The township found her guilty of witchcraft and sentenced her to the stake.
See also: stake

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Venkat-Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam
VilmosVEEL-moshHungarian
Andrijana-Croatian, Serbian
Anastasiy-Russian (Archaic), Bulgarian (Archaic)
Bohumila-Czech
Aurobindo-Bengali, Indian, Odia