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faldstool

faldstool noun: a portable, folding chair used by a bishop when away from his throne.

Noun

faldstool (plural faldstools)

  1. A portable, folding chair used by a bishop when away from his throne.
  2. Any similar stool used in a divine service (such as the coronation of a British monarch).
    • The Queen then rises and goes to the faldstool, at which she is to be anointed and crowned, placed between King Edward's chair and the steps of the altar, where the Groom of the Stool to her Majesty (with the two Ladies of her Bedchamber) take off her rich circlet or coronet; when the Queen kneels...1831 September 1, “A Particular and Historical Account of the Ceremonies usually Observed at the Coronation of the Kings and Queens of Great Britain”, in The World of Fashion, and Continental...

Forms of faldstool

pluralfaldstools

Origin of faldstool

See foldstool.

Questions about faldstool

What does faldstool mean?
Faldstool means a portable, folding chair used by a bishop when away from his throne.
What part of speech is faldstool?
Faldstool is a noun.
What is the plural of faldstool?
The plural of faldstool is faldstools.

Words near faldstool in the dictionary

  1. faldettas
  2. falding
  3. faldings
  4. faldistories
  5. faldistory
  6. faldstool
  7. faldstools
  8. falecalcitriol
  9. Faler
  10. Falerian
  11. Falerians

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