catafalque
Funeral display stand
A catafalque is a raised platform or framework used to support a coffin during a funeral or lying in state.
The structure is typically draped in cloth and may be ornately decorated.
Catafalques appear most often at ceremonial funerals for dignitaries, where the body lies in a prominent public space: The president's casket rested on a catafalque in the Capitol rotunda.
Raised flat structure
- bierCoffin-supporting stand
- daisRaised speaker's platform
- pedestalSupport for statuary
- standUpright support structure
base · frame · support · elevated · draped · shrine · plinth · trestle
Vehicle transporting caskets
- casketBurial container
- coffinBurial container for remains
- intermentPutting a body underground
- burialPlacing deceased underground
cremation · pallbearers · wake · vigil · cortege · graveside · mortuary · undertaker
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- condolenceExpression of shared grief
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
remembrance · memorial · veneration · reverence · respect · solemn · somber · dirge
platform
Raised flat structure
stand · base · frame · support · elevated · draped · shrine · plinth · trestle · staging
hearse
Vehicle transporting caskets
burial · cremation · pallbearers · wake · vigil · cortege · graveside · mortuary · undertaker · funerary
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- condolenceExpression of shared grief
lamentation · remembrance · memorial · veneration · reverence · respect · solemn · somber · dirge · requiem
procession
Formal moving line
commemoration · pomp · protocol · dignitaries · regalia · military · guards · flags · wreath · salute
catafalquecradle
Rocking bed for infants
bassinet · baptismal font · wedding altar · altar · dais