gestatorialadj.
/ˌdʒɛstəˈtɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /ˈˌdʒɛstəˈtɔriəl/ 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’.)
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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.
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