NOUN | artifact | catafalque | a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral |
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Meaning | A decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral. | |
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Broader | bier | A stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial |
Spanish | catafalco, túmulo |
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