Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
catafalque .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
catafalque .
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- noun A
catafalque .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Catafalque, derived from the Italian word catafalco, literally means
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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It was the funeral of an Austrian general, whose coffin, mounted on a sable catafalco, was borne upon the middle boat of three that moved abreast.
Venetian Life William Dean Howells 1878
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There was once a soul in the religion while the blood of its martyrs was yet fresh upon the ground, but that soul was always too much encumbered with the remains of pagan habits and customs: that soul is now quite fled elsewhere, and in the splendid catafalco, watched by so many white and red-robed snuff-taking, sly-eyed men, would they let it be opened, nothing would be found but bones!
At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe Margaret Fuller 1830
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_catafalco_, whilst from ceiling to floor the walls were hung with black drapery.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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_catafalco_, whilst from ceiling to floor the walls were hung with black drapery.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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/catafalco/, whilst from ceiling to floor the walls were hung with black drapery.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 5 ��mile Zola 1871
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