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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 500 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CATAFALQUE (a word of unknown origin, occurring in various forms in many
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European
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languages, meaning a funeral
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scaffold or temporary
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stage) , a movable structure of
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wood sometimes richly decorated, erected temporarily at funeral ceremonies in a
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church to receive the
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coffin or effigy of the deceased; also an open
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hearse or funeral
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car .

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