faldstool
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.
Origin of faldstool
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How to use faldstool in a sentence
We see the husband and wife kneeling facing each other, with a faldstool before each figure.
English Villages | P. H. DitchfieldMedieval Latin constructed the compound faldestolium, whence our ecclesiastical faldstool, a litany desk.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.) | Ernest WeekleyOne is the Litany-desk, or faldstool,—as it is called in the Coronation Service.
Stones of the Temple | Walter FieldThe chaplain knelt beneath the altar; and the Prince knelt down at the faldstool, the Duke beside him on the floor.
Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories | Arthur Christopher BensonPassing the chapel, the king caught sight of the Duchess Isabella at her faldstool.
The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci | Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
British Dictionary definitions for faldstool
/ (ˈfɔːldˌstuːl) /
a backless seat, sometimes capable of being folded, used by bishops and certain other prelates
Origin of faldstool
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