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freedstool

freedstool is the obsolete form of frithstool.

Meaning of frithstool

Noun

frithstool (plural frithstools)

  1. (historical) An Anglo-Saxon stone seat, placed near the altar of a church, which afforded protection to those seeking sanctuary.

Forms of freedstool

pluralfreedstools

Questions about freedstool

What is freedstool the obsolete form of?
Freedstool is the obsolete form of frithstool.

Words near freedstool in the dictionary

  1. Freedonian
  2. Freedonians
  3. freedpeople
  4. freedperson
  5. freedpersons
  6. freedstool
  7. freedstools
  8. freedumb
  9. freedwoman
  10. freedwomen
  11. freeer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: freedstool (page history and authors); frithstool (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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