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prie-dieux

prie-dieux 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-dieux

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

Words near prie-dieux in the dictionary

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

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