catafalque

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

a decorated platform on which the dead body of a famous person is placed before a funeral \

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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catafalqueEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary catafalqueEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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catafalque