faldstool
Americannoun
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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.
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a movable folding stool or desk at which worshipers kneel during certain acts of devotion.
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such a stool placed at the south side of the altar, at which the kings or queens of England kneel at their coronation.
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a desk at which the litany is said or sung.
noun
Etymology
Origin of faldstool
1595–1605; < Medieval Latin faldistolium < West Germanic *faldistōl (compare Old High German faltistuol, late Old English fældestōl, fyldestōl ); see fold 1, stool; cf. fauteuil
Example Sentences
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At a faldstool on the left of the altar, the Queen knelt and prayed alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
She then kneeled upon her faldstool, and the choir sang 'Veni, Creator, Spiritus.'
From Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 by Sarah Tytler
As the Bishop was about to sit down on the faldstool, Mark saw him whisper to the young priest beside him, the one Mark thought to be the secretary.
From Charred Wood by J. Clinton Shepherd
The King sat down in his chair, placed in the midst of the area over against the altar, with the faldstool before it, wherein he was anointed.
From Coronation Anecdotes by Giles Gossip
In the intervals, angels seated on faldstool thrones, and bearing stars; also two popinjays.
From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
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