faldstool

/fawld-stool/US // ˈfɔldˌstul //UK // (ˈfɔːldˌstuːl) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : 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.
- : a movable folding stool or desk at which worshipers kneel during certain acts of devotion.
- : such a stool placed at the south side of the altar, at which the kings or queens of England kneel at their coronation.
- : a desk at which the litany is said or sung.

We see the husband and wife kneeling facing each other, with a faldstool before each figure.
Medieval Latin constructed the compound faldestolium, whence our ecclesiastical faldstool, a litany desk.
One is the Litany-desk, or faldstool,—as it is called in the Coronation Service.
The chaplain knelt beneath the altar; and the Prince knelt down at the faldstool, the Duke beside him on the floor.
Passing the chapel, the king caught sight of the Duchess Isabella at her faldstool.