catafalque (A pall-covered coffin-shaped structure used at requiem masses celebrated after burial)

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• catafalque — noun Etymology: Italian catafalco, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum scaffold, from cata + Latin fala siege tower Date: 1641 1. an ornamental structure sometimes used in funerals for the lying in state of the body 2. a pall covered coffin shaped… …   New Collegiate Dictionary