(i.e. castle of grief), a catafalco, or rather the chamber or chapel in which is erected a catafalque or lofty tomb of state, containing the coffin of a prince or other distinguished person, and decorated with armorial bearings, inscriptions, arms, &c., brilliantly illuminated with tapers. By the French the *castrum doloris* is termed *chapel ardente*. This latter is to be distinguished from *chambre ardente*, which formerly in France was a chamber hung with black cloth, in which state prisoners of high rank were tried by torchlight.