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faldstool
[ fawld-stool ]
noun
- a chair or seat, originally one capable of being folded, used by a bishop or other prelate when officiating in his own church away from his throne or in a church not his own.
- a movable folding stool or desk at which worshipers kneel during certain acts of devotion.
- such a stool placed at the south side of the altar, at which the kings or queens of England kneel at their coronation.
- a desk at which the litany is said or sung.
faldstool
/ ˈfɔːldˌstuːl /
noun
- a backless seat, sometimes capable of being folded, used by bishops and certain other prelates
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Word History and Origins
Origin of faldstool1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of faldstool1
C11 fyldestol , probably a translation of Medieval Latin faldistolium folding stool, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German faldstuol
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Example Sentences
We see the husband and wife kneeling facing each other, with a faldstool before each figure.
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Medieval Latin constructed the compound faldestolium, whence our ecclesiastical faldstool, a litany desk.
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One is the Litany-desk, or faldstool,—as it is called in the Coronation Service.
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The chaplain knelt beneath the altar; and the Prince knelt down at the faldstool, the Duke beside him on the floor.
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Passing the chapel, the king caught sight of the Duchess Isabella at her faldstool.
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