n. 1. A folding chair or stool, especially one used by a bishop when not occupying the throne or when presiding away from the cathedral. 2. Ecclesiastical a. A desk at which the litany is recited. b. A small desk at which worshipers kneel to pray, especially one at which the British sovereign kneels at the time of coronation. [Partial translation of Medieval Latin faldistolium, folding stool, of Germanic origin; see pel-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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