Faldstool Definition

fôldsto͝ol

noun

A portable stool or desk used in praying.

Webster's New World

A backless chair used as by a bishop when officiating in a church not his own.

Webster's New World

A desk at which the litany is read.

Webster's New World

A small desk at which worshipers kneel to pray, especially one at which the British sovereign kneels at the time of coronation.

American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Faldstool

Singular:

faldstool

Plural:

faldstools

Partial translation of Medieval Latin faldistolium folding stool of Germanic origin pel-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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