A catafalque party is a guard, usually of four people, that stands watch over the coffin and

catafalque 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 ...

of a distinguished person or over a significant monument. In Australia, a catafalque party acts as sentries for the memorial or cenotaph during annual

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commemorations.

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