" What is a chapelle ardente, " said Julien to himself.
“什么是 chapelle ardente,”于连自言自语道。
红与黑(一)
A little priest who sat next to him informed him that the venerable relic was at the top of the building in a chapelle ardente.
坐在他旁边的一位小牧师告诉他,这件令人尊敬的遗物在一座教堂的顶层。
英语百科
Chapelle ardente
A chapelle ardente (Fr. "burning chapel") is a chapel or room in which the corpse of a sovereign or other exalted personage lies in state pending the funeral service. The name is in allusion to the many candles which are lighted round the catafalque. This custom is first chronicled as occurring at the obsequies of Dagobert I (602-638).