CATAFALQUE


Meaning of CATAFALQUE in English

noun Etymology: Italian catafalco, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum scaffold, from cata- + Latin fala siege tower Date: 1641 an ornamental structure sometimes used in funerals for the lying in state of the body, a pall-covered coffin-shaped structure used at requiem masses celebrated after burial

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