catafalque
noun/ˈkætəfælk/
/ˈkætəfælk/
- a decorated platform on which the dead body of a famous person is placed before a funeralTopics Life stagesc2Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian catafalco, of unknown origin. Compare with scaffold.
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