单词 | faldstool |
释义 | faldstooln. 1. Ecclesiastical. An armless chair used by bishops and other prelates when they do not occupy the throne or when officiating in any but their own church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > bishop's > used in non-cathedral church faldstool1849 c1050 Abbo Glosses in Ztsch. f. dtsches Alt. XXXI. 10 Forbuh ðu twyhweolne sige onfoh þu fyldestol [c1100 fældestol]. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 239 Þer he yzeȝ ane gratne dyeuel þet zet ope ane uyealdinde stole and al his mayne aboute him.] 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers II. vi. 256 In later times..the faldstool was ‘a chair of woode covered with crymsen velvet’. 2. A movable folding-stool or desk at which worshippers kneel during certain acts of devotion; esp. one used by the sovereign at the ceremony of coronation. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > table > [noun] > portable faldstool1603 1603 Brief out of Liber Regalis in J. W. Legg Coronation Order James I (1902) 7 A ffald stoole with Cushions for the King to praye att. 1685 St. George's Day 6 The King kneeled at a fald-stool. a1693 E. Ashmole Hist. & Antiq. Berks. (1719) I. 10 A Judge in his Robes, kneeling at a Faldstool. 1838 Form Coronation in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1847) III. 86 The Queen..kneeling at the Faldstool set for Her. 1851 C. Kingsley Yeast ii She turned and prayed at her velvet faldstool. 1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Pers. Relig. (1864) 66 When we fail to derive from Prayer comfort and satisfaction, we become cowards, and run away from the faldstool. 3. A small desk at which the Litany is appointed to be said or sung; a Litany-stool. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > table > [noun] > at which litany is recited faldstoola1626 prie-dieu1687 oratory1697 litany-desk1725 litany-stool1845 a1626 Bp. Andrewes in W. Nicholls Comm. Bk. Com. Prayer Notes (1710) 23 The Priest..(at a low Desk before the Chancel-door, called the Fald-stool) kneels and says or sings the Litany. 1838 Form Consecration in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1847) III. 90 Then followeth the Litany to be read by two Bishops..kneeling at a Faldstool. 1869 Daily News 22 Dec. The Litany was chanted by two of the minor canons at a faldstool. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 45 The small desk for the Litany to be said from, generally miscalled the Faldstool. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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