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prie-dieus

prie-dieus is the plural of prie-dieu.

Meaning of prie-dieu

Noun

prie-dieu (plural prie-dieus or prie-dieux)

  1. A piece of furniture on which someone can pray, consisting of a cushioned area to kneel on, with a built-in ledge for books.
    • Leaning her childish face and full chin on the shelf of the prie-Dieu, her eyes fixed, she laughed, out of some hidden capacity, some lost subterranean humour [...].1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 42

Questions about prie-dieus

What is prie-dieus the plural of?
Prie-dieus is the plural of prie-dieu.

Words near prie-dieus in the dictionary

  1. Pridoli
  2. Pridolian
  3. pridopidine
  4. prie
  5. prie-dieu
  6. prie-dieus
  7. prie-dieux
  8. Priebe
  9. Priebes
  10. Priebus
  11. Priebuses

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