prie-dieu
Americannoun
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prie-dieus,
plural
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prie-dieux
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of prie-dieu
1750–60; < French: literally, pray God
Example Sentences
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The Oratory Church of St. Boniface, in downtown Brooklyn, has a chapel dedicated to Cardinal Newman, with an oil portrait, a prie-dieu, and a gold-leaf etching of his poem “Lead, Kindly Light.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2019
On the prie-dieu before which the couple knelt was tactfully draped a second magnificent lace bridal veil, an unexpected last-minute gift from the Hungarian Women's Organization.
From Time Magazine Archive
His prie-dieu, at the front center of the chapel, has a padded armrest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Brother Louis made for the tower, and when the President opened his door, Lord Roke darted through and made for the prie-dieu in the corner of the room.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
At last he stopped at a prie-dieu, and bent his knee, while his eye rested on the open prayer book.
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Frescoed, marbled 16th-century interiors lead from one into another, handsomely furnished with spiritual artifacts and a liberal supply of prie-dieus, should anyone feel the sudden desire to kneel and pray.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2010
From half-closed eyes he sees a crowd of red peasant women, sees the little school-boys who crowd as near as possible to the carved prie-dieus of the gentry.
From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Ossip Schubin
The beautiful and bright chapel of the Carmelite convent was free of people; two prie-dieus, side by side, had been placed at the entrance of the church.
From Mariquita A Novel by John Ayscough
He crosses to one of the prie-dieus and kneels on it.
From Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts by Edwin Björkman
Among the congregation, but nearest to the two prie-dieus, knelt Sarella and Mr. Gore.
From Mariquita A Novel by John Ayscough
To accommodate the visitors, St. Edward sets out beside the grave, loosely arranged as if around a campfire, a pair of weather-beaten wooden prie-dieux, an iron garden bench and a tilting patio chair.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
Together the bride and groom approached the linen cloth held by the surpliced altar boys, and together they received the greatest of sacraments, then returned to their prie-dieux.
From Charred Wood by J. Clinton Shepherd
The Duchessa dropped on one knee, and then knelt for a few moments at one of the prie-dieux.
From Antony Gray,—Gardener by Leslie Moore
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