cat|a|falque

cat|a|falque
cat|a|falque «KAT uh falk», noun.
1. a stand or platform to support a coffin in which a dead person lies.
2. a structure resembling a coffin or tomb, sometimes used at Requiem Masses.
3. a kind of open hearse or funeral car.
[< French catafalque < Italian catafalco scaffold < Vulgar Latin catafalicum < Latin cata- down + fala scaffolding]

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