| 单词 | faldstool |
| 释义 | faldstool /fawld"stoohl'/, n. 1. a chair or seat, originally one capable of being folded, used by a bishop or other prelate when officiating in his own church away from his throne or in a church not his own. 2. a movable folding stool or desk at which worshipers kneel during certain acts of devotion. 3. such a stool placed at the south side of the altar, at which the kings or queens of England kneel at their coronation. 4. a desk at which the litany is said or sung. [1595-1605; < ML faldistolium < WGmc *faldistol (cf. OHG faltistuol, late OE faeldestol, fyldestol); see FOLD1, STOOL; cf. FAUTEUIL] |
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