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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kat-uh-fawk, -fawlk, -falk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæt əˌfɔk, -ˌfɔlk, -ˌfælk

Définition of catafalque

Origin :
  • 1640s, from French catafalque (17c.), from Italian catafalco "scaffold," from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, from Greek kata- "down" (see cata-), used in Medieval Latin with a sense of "beside, alongside" + fala "scaffolding, wooden siege tower," a word said to be of Etruscan origin. The Medieval Latin word also yielded Old French chaffaut, chafaud (Modern French échafaud) "scaffold."
  • noun coffin
Example sentences :
  • Prepare the catafalque in St. Martin's church, and place it before the altar!
  • Extract from : « A Word Only A Word, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • The catafalque bore a notice to the effect that he had abjured heresy.
  • Extract from : « Mysteries of Police and Crime » by Arthur Griffiths
  • Then he rose, as pale as death, and walked up the steps of the catafalque.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Vol. 1 - No. 1, » by Various
  • Boris could not imagine how any human being could sleep in such a catafalque.
  • Extract from : « The Precipice » by Ivan Goncharov
  • The whole appearance of the catafalque was tasteful and elegant.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield » by Emma Elizabeth Brown
  • In the center of it arose the catafalque, which was octagonal in form.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands, 14931898, Volume XXXVI, 16491666 » by Various
  • With inimitable grace she knelt down on one side of the catafalque.
  • Extract from : « Louisa Of Prussia and Her Times » by Louise Muhlbach
  • I'm not a Catafalque, Chlorine, so it—it can't interfere with me.
  • Extract from : « The Black Poodle » by F. Anstey
  • I failed to quell it, as every Catafalque, however brave and resolute, has failed yet.
  • Extract from : « The Black Poodle » by F. Anstey
  • She envied her father's friend who lay in some catafalque across the square.
  • Extract from : « Eden » by Edgar Saltus

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