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‖ prie-dieu|pridjø|
[F., lit. ‘pray God’.]
a. A desk made to support a book or books, and having a foot-piece on which to kneel; a praying-desk, kneeling-desk.
b. A chair with tall sloping back, for the same purpose; also, a chair of this form for ordinary use. Also prie-dieu chair.
[1362Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 163 Þe Clerk of þe churche, Sire Pers of pridye, and pernel of Flaundres.] 1760H. Walpole Let. to G. Montagu 28 Jan., Before the altar, was an arm⁓chair for him, with a blue damask cushion, a prie-Dieu, and a footstool of black cloth. 1826[H. Best] Four Y. in France 8 The litanies are..chanted in the middle of the choir, from what I have since learned to call a prie-Dieu. 1852M. Arnold Tristram & Iseult iii. 91 She will fall musing..then rise And at her prie-dieu kneel. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vi. 123 Miss Bridgeman placed a prie-dieu chair in a commanding position for the reciter to lean upon gracefully. |