"tour du silence" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /tuʁ dy si.lɑ̃s/ Forms: tours du silence [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} tour du silence f (plural tours du silence)
  1. (Zoroastrianism) tower of silence (low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Zoroastrianism
    Sense id: en-tour_du_silence-fr-noun-5XwPI~Kg Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Topics: Zoroastrianism, lifestyle, religion

Inflected forms

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