单词 | prie-dieu |
释义 | prie-dieun. 1. A piece of furniture for the use of a person at prayer, consisting of a kneeler with a narrow upright front surmounted by a ledge for books or for resting the elbows, and often a shelf below this for storing books, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > desk > [noun] deskc1405 lectern1509 dess1552 book desk1686 prie-dieu1687 bureau1698 secretary1803 toys1816 secretaire1818 consulting-desk1823 slope1833 box-desk1860 roll-top1884 type-desk1901 partners' desk1925 partners' pedestal desk1930 console1944 society > faith > artefacts > furniture > table > [noun] > at which litany is recited faldstoola1626 prie-dieu1687 oratory1697 litany-desk1725 litany-stool1845 1687 tr. G. Brice New Descr. Paris ii. 14 An Imbroidered Carpet, which the King presented to his Holiness, to hang before his Prie Dieu (or Seat in the Church) [Fr. Prié-dieu]. 1714 J. Oldmixon Arcana Gallica 441 A prie dieu and a fauteuil were prepar'd for him. 1760 H. Walpole Let. 28 Jan. in Corr. (1941) IX. 273 Before the altar was an armchair for him, with a blue damask cushion, a prie-Dieu, and a footstool of black cloth. 1826 H. D. Best Four Years France 8 The litanies are..chanted in the middle of the choir, from what I have since learned to call a prie-Dieu. 1852 M. Arnold Tristram & Iseult iii. 91 She will fall musing..then rise And at her prie-dieu kneel. 1879 Times 11 June 5/5 On the right..of the catafalque (round which many candles will burn) are prie-Dieux reserved for the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, [etc.]. 1929 Bee (Danville, Va.) 24 June 2/1 At the end of the prie dieu were bunches of shasta daisies tied with yellow satin ribbon , the streamers of which were stretched to the stairway forming an aisle for the bridal party. 1946 G. Hopkins tr. F. Mauriac Woman of Pharisees xiii. 166 On this particular evening he knelt at his prie-Dieu and held his head in his hands. 1999 Art in Amer. (Nexis) 1 June 76 The row of prie-dieux down the middle of the room turned the gallery space into a chapel of sorts. 2. In full prie-dieu chair. A chair with a low seat and a tall sloping back, used as a prayer seat or stool; (also) a chair of this form for ordinary use.Fashionable in the mid 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs farthingale chair1552 side chair1582 high chair1609 scroll chair1614 Turkey chair1683 curule chair1695 reading chair1745 rush-bottom1754 conversation-chair1793 Windsor tub1800 Trafalgar chair1808 beehive-chair1816 nursing chair1826 Hitchcockc1828 toilet seat1829 kangaroo1834 prie-dieu1838 tub-chair1839 barrel-chair1850 Cromwell chair1868 office chair1874 swivel-chair1885 steamer-chair1886 suggan chair1888 lawn chair1895 saddle seat1895 Bombay chair1896 veranda-chair1902 X chair1904 Yorkshire chair1906 three legs and a swinger1916 saddlebag1919 riempie stool1933 gaspipe chair1934 slipper chair1938 Eames chair1946 contour chair1948 sling-back1948 sling chair1957 booster chair1960 booster seat1967 beanbag1969 sack chair1970 papasan1980 Muskoka chair1987 1838 Times 17 Oct. 6/3 Two prie-dieu chairs were placed within that circle, to which the husband and wife were led. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vi. 123 Miss Bridgeman placed a prie-dieu chair in a commanding position for the reciter to lean upon gracefully. 1915 Times 2 Apr. 9/1 Victorian prie-dieus and footstools command a certain price. 1935 I. H. Hoover Forty-two Years in White House i. vii. 72 The prie-dieu was of white satin covered with a small cluster of orchids on either side. 1990 Ideal Home Dec. 80/1 (advt.) The prayer chair..or Prie-Dieu..enjoyed great popularity with the Victorians, who found it not only suitable for prayers, but also admirably adept for the spread of their crinolines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1687 |
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