CATAFALQUE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("catafalque" is a kind of...):

bier (a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial)

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