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‖ chapelle ardente|ʃapɛl ardɑ̃t|
[F., lit. ‘burning chapel’.]
A chamber prepared for the lying-in-state of a great personage, and lit up with candles, torches, etc.
1824J. Mackintosh Jrnl. 28 Sept. in R. J. Mackintosh Life (1835) II. 415 Went to see the ‘Chapelle Ardente’ at St. Denis, where the king's remains lie in state. 1905A. Lang Adv. among Books 264 A wonderful scene with a corpse and a chapelle ardente. 1970N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Jan. 8/2 It seemed more suitable that she should be thought to have died in Paris, that she lie there in chapelle ardente for her friends, and that there should be a proper Paris funeral. |