What is "burning at the stake"

Usage examples of "burning at the stake".

When great masses of stone and timber fell, the face with the two dints in the nose became obscured: anon struggled out of the smoke again, as if it were the face of the cruel Marquis, burning at the stake and contending with the fire.

A war that Arthur was forced to fight after Lancelot had saved Guinevere from burning at the stake in Camelot.

I hadn't known until then that burning at the stake wasn't a mere historical curiosity.

The nature of the crimes hes committed against the Church merits burning at the stake.

This gave the bishops, who were in favour of the Act being passed, the power to investigate cases of suspected heresy, and provided for the Church to hand over those found guilty to the secular authorities for burning at the stake.

That is one of the advantages of having God on your side, Cranmerwe shall skip eleven years and save you from burning at the stake.

Some saw her as a martyr burning at the stake and hurling blazing faggots at her tormentors if they came too near.

Others would have considered their mere possession to qualify her for burning at the stake.

Upon review of this case, and upon advice of the clergy, namely Brother James Larkin, a man of shyning honor, we sentenced said Marchand wench to death by burning at the stake.