单词 | gestatorial |
释义 | gestatorialadj. gestatorial chair n. a chair in which the Pope is carried on certain occasions. (So French chaise gestatoire; in late Latin sella gestātōria was used for ‘sedan-chair’.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > carrying-chair > for the Pope gestatorial chair1864 1864 Times 6 Apr. 10/1 Pius IX once more was borne through the nave [of St. Peter's] in his ‘gestatorial’ chair. 1889 Catholic Household 2 Nov. 5/3 His Holiness, carried in the gestatorial chair, entered the hall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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