He lay on a huge stone bier, a great roughly-dressed slab of granite three feet high and eight long.

Xar turned back, glared at the body on the stone bier.

Marit's gaze went to the body on the stone bier.

The lazar paid no attention to her, or to the dog, or to the body on the stone bier.

Torm floated to one side, revealing a handsome young man lying in state upon a stone bier.

He squirmed to his knees in an effort to rise, pulling himself along the edge of the stone bier.

He tried to rise from the flat stone bier beneath him, then winced and ceased making the effort.

Services were in the open air: each statue was fronted by a stone bier and pavement.

She had come up against the stone bier.

The sigla spread slowly around the bottom of the stone bier, forming a fiery circle.