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
KathieKATH-eeEnglish
RÉGis-French
AnnaAN-a (English), AHN-nah (Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish), AH-nah (German, Russian), AN-nah (Danish)English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hung
CarlyKAHR-leeEnglish
Carreenkə-REENEnglish (Rare)
Barbora-Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian