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kneeler|ˈniːlə(r)|
[f. prec. + -er1.]
1. One who kneels, esp. in reverence; spec. in 16–17th c., one who received the Lord's Supper kneeling.
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 3 Whos knelere, I, am unworþi to unbinde þe lace of his shoon. 1551Recorde Cast. Knowl. (1556) 264 Hercules, whom the greekes do call Engonasin, as it were the kneeler, bicause of his gesture. 1665Livingstone Charac. in Sel. Biog. (1845) I. 344 They would not communicat with Kneelers. 1748Richardson Clarissa II. 332 Down the ready kneeler dropped between me and the door. 1864J. Walker in Faithful Ministry iv. 84 He then retired..waving his hand and blessing the kneelers.
2. Ch. Hist.
a. One belonging to the third class of penitents in the early Eastern church, so called because they knelt between the ambo and the church-door during the whole of divine service.
b. In the Apostolic Constitutions, one of the second class of catechumens, who received the bishop's blessing on bended knee.
1719T. Lewis Consecr. Churches 95 In this Part of the Church..stood the Class of the Penitents, who were call'd Kneelers. a1773A. Butler Moveable Feasts (1852) I. 279 The third rank of penitents was that of the kneelers or prostrators. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 202 The Catechumens proper, both the Audientes..and Genuflectentes (kneelers).
†3. Arch.
a. The return of the dripstone at the spring of an arch: cf. knee n. 10.
b. Each of the terms or steps of the ‘fractable’ of a gable; a crow-step or corbie-step. Obs.
1617in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 204 Doorsteedes with..heddes and cornishes and kneelers over y⊇ same. Ibid. 205 Cornises and kneelers over everie windowe. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 472 A kneeler,..stones that stand upright, that makes a Square outward aboue, and inward below.
4. A board, stool, or hassock on which to kneel. Also attrib. in kneeler chair.
1848J. H. Newman Loss & Gain iii. x. 381 At the lower end of the church were about three ranges of movable benches, with backs and kneelers. 1894Daily News 22 May 7/1 There are also fauld-stools and kneelers. 1909M. B. Saunders Litany Lane i. xi, She would follow the Stations of the Cross with a slow dreaminess, and lean longer over her kneeler chair when the services had finished. 1969E. H. Pinto Treen 94 The traditional U-shaped elm kneeling mat or ‘kneeler’..had many uses on the farm. It was also used until early in this century in the house. 1972S. Burnford One Woman's Arctic (1973) iii. 70 Some beautiful inset work sewn in to the sealskin kneelers.
5. Mining. (See quot.)
1883Gresley Gloss. Coal Mining Terms, Kneeler, a quadrant by which the direction of pump rods is reversed. |