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A catafalque is a raised bier, soapbox, or similar platform, often movable, that is used to support the casket, coffin, or body of the deceased during a funeral or memorial service.
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The tomb meant for Washington stored the catafalque which is used to support coffins lying in state or honor in the Capitol.
The catafalque is now on display in the Capitol Visitors Center for the general public to see when not in use.
The epitaphios is placed on a beautifully ornate and decorate catafalque or bier before the Lamentations representing the tomb of Christ.
The Anglican Chapel dominates the western section of the cemetery, being raised on a terrace beneath which is an extensive catacomb ; there is a hydraulic catafalque for lowering coffins into the catacomb.
When not in use, the catafalque is kept on display in the Exhibition Hall at the United States Capitol Visitor Center.
The coffin is placed on a catafalque and is guarded, around the clock, by detachments each of four men from the following units:
The coffin or casket is usually placed on a catafalque, usually the Lincoln catafalque, so named as it was constructed upon the death of Abraham Lincoln, from when he lay in state following his assassination in 1865.
Castrum doloris ( Latin for Castle of grief ) is a name for the structure and decorations sheltering or accompanying the catafalque or bier that signify the prestige or high estate of the deceased.
This chanting is done as all stand holding candles around a catafalque over which has been placed the Epitaphion ( a shroud embroidered with the figure of Christ laid out for burial ).
The name is in allusion to the many candles which are lighted round the catafalque.
catafalque and bier
The procession ended with the seating of the College of Cardinals and the placement of the bier carrying the body of John Paul on a catafalque in front of the steps leading to the altar of St. Peter's Basilica.
catafalque and platform
Lloyd George proposed a catafalque, a low empty platform, but it was Lutyens ' idea for the taller monument.
catafalque and used
Following a Roman Catholic Requiem Mass, a catafalque may be used to stand in place of the body at the Absolution of the dead.
In the United States, the Lincoln catafalque, first used for Abraham Lincoln's funeral in 1865, has been used for all those who have lain in state in the Capitol Rotunda since Lincoln's death.
Lincoln's catafalque was most recently used on July 1, 2010 when Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia lay in repose on the floor of the Senate.
Taut's final work one month before his death was the catafalque used for the official state funeral of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on 21 November 1938 in Ankara.
catafalque and casket
The casket was placed under the rotunda, where it lay in state on Abraham Lincoln's catafalque.
catafalque and coffin
On the death of King Edward VII in 1910, the young Viscount Gort was a Lieutenant in command of the Grenadier NCOs detailed to bear the coffin and attend the catafalque.
The deceased's embalmed body, dressed in a black suit, white shirt and a tie, would be displayed in an open coffin on a catafalque banked with carnations, red roses and tulips, facing the long queue of mourners.
The deceased's embalmed body, dressed in a black suit, white shirt and a tie, would be displayed in an open coffin on a catafalque banked with carnations, red roses and tulips, facing the long queue of mourners.
catafalque and body
His body was laid on a sloped olive-sheeted catafalque and his head propped on a stack of three gold pillows.
On 4 April, the body of Pope John Paul II was moved onto a red velvet catafalque, with his head propped on three red pillows.
catafalque and during
The catafalque, designed by Maximilian Colt, placed over her grave was destroyed during the civil war.
catafalque and funeral
For the occasion the chancel of the Abbey was draped in black from floor to ceiling and a funeral effigy of the earl dressed in scarlet breeches, a military buff-coat and Parliamentary robes was erected beneath a catafalque designed by Inigo Jones.
( May the catafalque now in use for pontifical funeral rites be substituted by a humble and decorous contrivance.
catafalque and .
Members of the household cavalry and other branches of the armed forces stood guard at the four corners of the catafalque.
On his death, a catafalque was built in Rome to commemorate his life.
It still has a working coffin-lift or catafalque, restored by the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery in 1997.
After he died in 1847, his remains were laid in state on a great catafalque in the Pro-Cathedral.
The clergy absented themselves in obedience to the archbishop's orders, but mass was sung by the Abbé Grieu assisted by two clerics, the catafalque being decorated with the episcopal insignia.
The most notable Italian catafalque was the one designed for Michelangelo by his fellow artists in 1564.
In 1665, he designed a catafalque commemorating the death of Philip IV of Spain.
The three pylons would in turn circumscribe a drum-like two-story structure containing a gallery from which visitors could look down at Quezon's catafalque, modeled after Napoleon Bonaparte's in the Invalides.
The gallery and the catafalque below are lit by an oculus, in turn reminiscent of Grant's Tomb.
is and raised
It is testimony to the deep respect in which Mr. Eisenhower was held by members of all parties that the moral considerations raised by his approach to the matter were not explicitly to be broached.
He is the stern guardian of the status quo who has raised the utilitarian structures of the age, and he is the revolutionary poet with a gun in his hand who writes a tragic apologetic to posterity for the men he has killed.
If one finger is raised against the authorities, all our moral power will vanish.
The main question raised by the incident is how much longer will UN bury its head in the sand on the Congo problem instead of facing the bitter fact that it has no solution in present terms??
And now, of course, the hue and cry for counter-escalation is being raised on our side.
As Sir Giles Overreach ( how often had he had to play that part, who did not believe a word of it ), he raised his arm and declaimed: `` Where is my honour now ''??
When the fate of the individual is visited on the group, then ( the warm sweet butter dripped from her raised trembling fork and she pushed her head forward belligerently ), ah, then the true bitterness of existence could be tasted.
If the resulting difference for the particular State is less or more than these extremes, the State's allotment percentage must be raised or lowered to the appropriate extreme.
If the resulting difference for the particular State is less or more than these extremes, the State's Federal share must be raised or lowered to the appropriate extreme.
Behind this is a minber or Moslem pulpit and near it a raised platform with golden grillwork, where the emperors and, after them, the sultans, sat.
Most drill presses have a quill return spring that raises the spindle automatically when the feed lever is released and holds the quill in the raised position.
One might well wonder why the `` public is always wrong '' and the question raised is about as awkward as the one concerned with the chicken and the egg.
The extent to which the public-limit price is raised by a given increase in the basic wage rate is itself a function of three things: the passage of time, the level of GNP, and the size of the wage increase.
We are abstracting from the fact of strikes here, but it should be obvious that the extent to which the public-limit price is raised by a given increase in the basic wage rate is also a function of the show of resistance put up by the industry.
Thus, the public-limit price is raised further by a given wage increase the longer it has been since the previous price increase.
The suds box drain is arranged at the start to deliver into the raised main drain pipe ( thus returning suds to soap box ) and the machine is started.
In many installations, the inertial platform is raised off the ground a considerable height when it is mounted in the vehicle before flight.
After a supper of unagi ( rice with eel -- eel which is raised in an ice-cold pond at the foot of Mt. Fuji ), I returned to my beautiful room to sleep as hard as possible to be ready for another busy day.
Although I have emphasized the barriers which an aroused nationalism has raised against relations between Christians and non-Christians in Asia, the fact is that this development has also widened the gulf between certain Afro-Asian religions themselves.
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