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gestatorial chair

gestatorial chair noun: a sedan chair used as a portable throne by popes.

gestatorial chair: a sedan chair used as a portable throne by popes
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Noun

gestatorial chair (plural gestatorial chairs)

  1. (historical) A sedan chair used as a portable throne by popes.

Forms of gestatorial chair

pluralgestatorial chairs

Origin of gestatorial chair

A calque of Latin and Italian sedia gestatoria (“carrying chair”).

Questions about gestatorial chair

What does gestatorial chair mean?
Gestatorial chair means a sedan chair used as a portable throne by popes.
What part of speech is gestatorial chair?
Gestatorial chair is a noun.
What is the plural of gestatorial chair?
The plural of gestatorial chair is gestatorial chairs.

Words near gestatorial chair in the dictionary

  1. gestationally
  2. gestations
  3. gestative
  4. gestator
  5. gestatorial
  6. gestatorial chair
  7. gestatorial chairs
  8. gestators
  9. gestatory
  10. geste antagoniste
  11. gested

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