Until noon, the hour of the funeral, crowds continued to file by the plain pine coffin on its plain flower-covered catafalque.
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Catafalque
//ˈkatəfalk//
Synonyms for "catafalque" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (13)
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Translations
24 translations across 19 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 靈柩台 noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
- 靈柩臺 /灵柩台 noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
- 靈柩車 /灵柩车 noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Czech
1 entries- katafalk noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Danish
1 entries- katafalk noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Dutch
1 entries- katafalk noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Esperanto
1 entries- katafalko noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Finnish
1 entries- katafalkki noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
French
2 entries- catafalque noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
- échafaud noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Galician
1 entries- catafalco noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Georgian
1 entries- კატაფალკი noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
German
1 entries- Katafalk noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Hungarian
1 entries- ravatal noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Italian
2 entries- catafalco noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
- feretro noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Macedonian
1 entries- катафа́лка noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Polish
1 entries- katafalk noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Portuguese
2 entries- catafalco noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
- essa noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Romanian
1 entries- catafalc noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Russian
1 entries- катафа́лк noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Spanish
1 entries- túmulo noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Swedish
1 entries- katafalk noun (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
After another brief funeral rite at Tzu Hu, the presidential casket was laid on the catafalque in the central hall of a temporary “mausoleum” and sealed with marble slabs. There, the body of President Chiang will rest pending permanent burial in the mainland after its recovery.
Source: wiktionary
The period of official mourning was long-drawn-out even by the standards of the day; the funeral ceremony held in Avignon's cathedral lasted a full nine days, with the pope's catafalque hung with black silk beneath candelabra likewise draped in black.
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