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a term sometimes used to describe the frame on which a temporary canopy was erected over an altar on special solemnities and festivals of the highest rank. Altar-herses were sometimes used at funerals of royal and noble persons. Their hangings were often adorned with heraldic devices. SEE HEARSE.