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  2. Pall (funeral) - Wikipedia

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    A pall (also called mortcloth or casket saddle) is a cloth that covers a casket or coffin at funerals. [1] The word comes from the Latin pallium (cloak), through Old English. [2] A pall or palla is also a stiffened square card covered with white linen, usually embroidered with a cross or some other appropriate

  3. Custom-casket maker Trey Ganem creates and donates ... - AOL

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    The custom-casket maker posted a quick prayer on Facebook and was on his way. “Please pray for Uvalde!!” wrote the owner of SoulShine Industries, based in Edna, Texas, east of San Antonio.

  4. Pallbearer - Wikipedia

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    A pall is a heavy cloth that is draped over a coffin. [4] [5] Thus the term pallbearer is used to signify someone who "bears" the coffin which the pall covers. In Roman times, a soldier wore a cape or cloak called the pallium. In medieval times the term pallium was shortened to pall. Christians would use a pall to cover their loved ones when ...

  5. National Casket Company - Wikipedia

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    The National Casket Company was a pioneer in the use of fiberglass-reinforced plastic coffins in lieu of more expensive bronze versions. [17] By 1951 the National Casket Company was the largest manufacturer of caskets and other funeral supplies in the world. It had branches in 34 cities east of the Rocky Mountains and operated 15 factories. At ...

  6. Military funerals in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A casket draped in the flag of the United States and as a pall. A casket team serving as honor guards in a ceremonial role over the remains and as pallbearers. For funerals for an enlisted non-commissioned officer of E-9 rank and officers, the casket is transported via a horse-drawn limbers and caissons.

  7. Catafalque - Wikipedia

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    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. [1] 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 ...

  8. Woman faces jail after pleading guilty to kidnapping infant ...

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    An Ohio woman is facing 20 years in prison after she admitted to kidnapping twin babies by driving away in their mother’s car, before abandoning them both in different parts of the state.

  9. Christian burial - Wikipedia

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    In the Orthodox funeral, the coffin is usually open in church [30] (unlike the West, where it is usually closed), and the lower part of the coffin is covered with a funeral pall. The lid of the casket may be left outside the church door, as an invitation to all who pass by to enter and join in the funeral.