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单词 prie-dieu
释义

prie-dieun.

Brit. /priːˈdjəː/, U.S. /priˈdjə/
Inflections: Plural prie-dieux, prie-dieus, unchanged.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prie-Dieu.
Etymology: < French prie-Dieu, literally ‘pray God’ (1603; also 1603 as †prié-Dieu ) < prie , stem of prier pray v. + Dieu God (see deus int.).
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.
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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.
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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).
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