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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

balcony, dais, emplacement, estrade, floor, funeral car, gallery, hearse, heliport, hustings, landing, landing pad, landing stage, launching pad, platform, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stage, step terrace, stump, terrace, tribunal, tribune

Dictionary Results for catafalque:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

catafalque
    n 1: a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a
         funeral

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Catafalque \Cat"a*falque`\, n. [F., fr. It. catafalco, scaffold,
   funeral canopy; of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. catafalso,
   cadahalso, cadalso, Pr. casafalc, OF. chafaut. Cf.
   Scaffold.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

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