Translation for "lying-in-estado" to english
Lying-in-estado
Translation examples
His funeral arrangements decreed that there would be no lying in state, no embalming of the body, and no ‘excess’ of mourning.
His funeral arrangements decreed that there would be no lying in state, no embalming of the body, and no ‘excess’ of mourning.
The bodies of Kennedy, Lincoln, McKinley, Garfield, Harding, Taft, Hoover, Wilson, Stevens, Dewey, Pershing, MacArthur, UEnfant and two unknown soldiers have all been placed on the catafalque found in the tomb.7 A catafalque for those, like me, who had never heard the word, is the structure on which the body is carried during a funeral procession or placed on for lying in state.
The bodies of Kennedy, Lincoln, McKinley, Garfield, Harding, Taft, Hoover, Wilson, Stevens, Dewey, Pershing, MacArthur, UEnfant and two unknown soldiers have all been placed on the catafalque found in the tomb.7 A catafalque for those, like me, who had never heard the word, is the structure on which the body is carried during a funeral procession or placed on for lying in state.
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