catafalque
Americannoun
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a raised structure on which the body of a deceased person lies or is carried in state.
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a hearse.
noun
Etymology
Origin of catafalque
1635–45; < French < Italian catafalco < Late Latin *catafalicum scaffold, equivalent to cata- cata- + fal ( a ) wooden siege tower + -icum, neuter of -icus -ic
Vocabulary lists containing catafalque
Example Sentences
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The Coffin is then carried to the Catafalque in the Quire.
From Washington Times • Apr. 16, 2021
The remaining justices awaited her arrival in the Supreme Court’s Great Hall, where a ceremony took place as Ginsburg’s casket rests on the Lincoln Catafalque, the platform that held the casket of President Abraham Lincoln.
From Fox News • Sep. 23, 2020
Supreme Court police officers served as pallbearers, placing the casket on the Lincoln Catafalque, which Congress has lent for the ceremony.
From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2019
Bush was the only CIA director to become president, and former agency directors William Webster, George Tenet and John Brennan joined current Director Gina Haspel in front of the Lincoln Catafalque on Tuesday morning.
From Fox News • Dec. 4, 2018
I'm not a Catafalque, Chlorine, so it—it can't interfere with me.
From The Black Poodle And Other Tales by Anstey, F.
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