| 单词 | praying desk |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspraying desk praying desk n. = prayer desk n. at prayer n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > lectern or pulpit > [noun] lecternc1325 pulpitc1390 desk1449 stage1483 anabathur1623 oratorio1631 ambo1641 tub1644 chair1649 anabathrum1658 minbar1682 ambon1683 hand board1734 rostrum1755 tub-pulpita1791 lutrin1837 prayer desk1843 wood1854 praying desk1906 1666 E. Wettenhall Enter into thy Closet ii. 8 One side I would have free.., against which should either stand a table, or a Praying desk (that when occasion should be I might lay a book or paper before me). 1705 W. Bromley Remarks Grand Tour France & Italy (ed. 2) 139 In the Piazza of Navona is an Altar dedicated to S. Anne and the Blessed Virgin; on a Praying-desk is a Prayer to be said to them. 1857 Tales & Sketches for Fireside Sept. 314/2 One queer youth was caught by the minister as he entered the refectory, and ordered to accuse himself of breaking his Prie-Dieu or praying-desk. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 14 May 2/1 A praying-desk..and a table for an altar were placed in the middle of the room, and priests carried in the sacred icon. 1998 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 7 July A praying desk for one individual, the prie-dieu was first used by the higher clergy during religious services in the early Middle Ages. < as lemmas |
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