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frithstow

frithstow is the archaic 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 frithstow

pluralfrithstows

Questions about frithstow

What is frithstow the archaic form of?
Frithstow is the archaic form of frithstool.

Words near frithstow in the dictionary

  1. frithguilds
  2. frithing
  3. friths
  4. frithstool
  5. frithstools
  6. frithstow
  7. frithstows
  8. Frithville
  9. Frithville and Westville
  10. frithy
  11. fritillaria

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frithstow (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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