
thumb|375px|Catafalque of nobleman Krzysztof Opaliński, 17th century [[Poland]]
thumb|375px|Catafalque of nobleman Krzysztof Opaliński, 17th century [[Poland]]
A catafalque is a raised bier, box, or similar platform, often movable, that is used to support the casket, coffin, or body of a dead person during a Christian funeral or memorial service. Following a Roman Catholic Requiem Mass, a catafalque may be used to stand in place of the body at the absolution of the dead or used during Masses of the Dead and All Souls' Day.
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).