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gestatorial, a.|ˌdʒɛstəˈtɔərɪəl| [f. as next + -al1.] gestatorial chair: a chair in which the Pope is carried on certain occasions. (So F. chaise gestatoire; in late L. sella gestātōria was used for ‘sedan-chair’.)
1864Times 6 Apr. 10/1 Pius IX once more was borne through the nave [of St. Peter's] in his ‘gestatorial’ chair. 1889Catholic Household 2 Nov. 5/3 His Holiness, carried in the gestatorial chair, entered the hall. |