(isim) katafalk

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Definition of (isim) katafalk in Turkish English dictionary

catafalque

A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate

a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral

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

a decorated raised structure on which the dead body of an important person is placed before their funeral (catafalco, from catafalicum , from kata- ( CATACLYSM) + fala )

{i} platform for a coffin

Hyphenation

(i·sim) ka·ta·falk