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单词 faldstool
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fald•stool  (fôldsto̅o̅l′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Religiona chair or seat, originally one capable of being folded, used by a bishop or other prelate when officiating in his own church away from his throne or in a church not his own.
  2. Religiona movable folding stool or desk at which worshipers kneel during certain acts of devotion.
  3. Religionsuch a stool placed at the south side of the altar, at which the kings or queens of England kneel at their coronation.
  4. Religiona desk at which the litany is said or sung.
  • WGmc *faldistōl (compare Old High German faltistuol, late Old English fældestōl, fyldestōl); see fold1, stool; compare fauteuil
  • Medieval Latin faldistolium
  • 1595–1605

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
faldstool /ˈfɔːldˌstuːl/ n
  1. a backless seat, sometimes capable of being folded, used by bishops and certain other prelates
Etymology: 11th Century fyldestol, probably a translation of Medieval Latin faldistolium folding stool, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German faldstuol
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