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† reclinatory Obs.
Also 5 reclyn-.
[ad. late L. reclīnātōrium the back of a couch (7th c.), the seat of a chariot (Vulg.), f. reclīnāre to recline. Cf. OF. reclinatoire (Godef.).]
Something on which to recline; a couch.
1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xi, Costly tabernacles Vauted aboue lyke to reclynatoryes. 1430–40― Bochas i. xii. (1554) 25 Fortune in her reclinatorie. 1502Ord. Cristen Men (W. de W. 1506) v. vi. 409 His trone and his reclinatorye. a1633Austin Medit. (1635) 48 His Couches (or Reclinatories) were but meane ones.
b. spec. A seat for the use of a priest while hearing confession.
1637J. Pocklington Altare Chr. 24 To the Chancels belong the Vestry..and Reclinatories for hearing Confessions. 1640R. Baillie Canterb. Self-convict. 76 A publik penitentiarie, who..might in the Kirk sit in his reclinatorie. |