CATAFALQUE


Meaning of CATAFALQUE in English

/ ˈkætəfælk; NAmE / noun

a decorated platform on which the dead body of a famous person is placed before a funeral

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from French , from Italian catafalco , of unknown origin. Compare with scaffold .

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