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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A term sometimes used to describe the frame on which a temporary canopy was erected over an altar on special solemnities and festivals of the highest rank.
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The framework on which such a canopy is erected is called the "altar-herse", a word probably derived from hearse, a frame covered with cloth, and formerly set up over a corpse in funeral solemnities.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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