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noun

  • A decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral. .
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(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.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary