catafalque
Kelime Anlamı :

1. katafalk.
2. Katafalk: Önünden geçilerek kendisine saygı gösterilmek istenen ölünün tabutu konulmak için yapılmış yüksek yer.
3. (isim) katafalk.
Tanımlar :
1. A decorated platform or framework on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral.
2. roman catholic church A coffin-shaped structure draped with a pall, used to represent the corpse at a requiem mass celebrated after the burial.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A stage or scaffolding, erected usually in the nave of a church, to support a coffin on the occasion of a ceremonious funeral.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.