Crossword-Solution: CATAFALQUE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Catafalque | n. | 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. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “CATAFALQUE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| TIMBER structure, movable | 1 answer |
| TOMB-shaped timber structure | 1 answer |
| Bier | 4 answers |
| Hearse | 5 answers |
| Coffin | 9 answers |
| A DECORATED BIER ON WHICH A COFFIN RESTS IN STATE DURING A FUNERAL | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CATAFALQUE (5)
They took the cup in its little saucer, and, facing the beautiful canopied catafalque where the Dowager Princess was lying in state, they raised the cup as high as their head three times, emptying and refilling it each time.
Directly in front of the catafalque, in the gallery, there was a table on which I afterwards saw the priests place a silver vessel which the head priest carried, and the others regarded with much solemnity.
They first went to the gallery, then the head priest came down into the sacrificial hall and made nine prostrations before the catafalque, without, however, pouring or offering wine.
That he was still in Seville in November 1598 appears from a satirical sonnet of his on the elaborate catafalque erected to testify the grief of the city at the death of Philip II, but from this up to 1603 we have no clue to his movements.
Upon the catafalque was seen the dead body of a damsel so lovely that by her beauty she made death itself look beautiful.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1970).