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catafalques

catafalques is the plural of catafalque.

Meaning of catafalque

Noun

catafalque (plural catafalques)

  1. A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
    • Until noon, the hour of the funeral, crowds continued to file by the plain pine coffin on its plain flower-covered catafalque.1942, Maurine Whipple, The Giant Joshua
    Synonyms:
    catafalco

Questions about catafalques

What is catafalques the plural of?
Catafalques is the plural of catafalque.

Words near catafalques in the dictionary

  1. catadupe
  2. catadupes
  3. catafalco
  4. catafalcoes
  5. catafalque
  6. catafalques
  7. catafront
  8. catafronts
  9. Catagbacan
  10. catagelophobia
  11. catagen

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