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stool of repentance

stool of repentance noun: synonym of cuttystool (“seat in Scottish churches where offenders sat for public rebuke by the minister”).

Noun

stool of repentance (plural stools of repentance)

  1. (historical) Synonym of cuttystool (“seat in Scottish churches where offenders sat for public rebuke by the minister”).
    • Every Church at that time had three things, whatever else it wanted — the pulpit for the minister, the "lateran" (desk) for the precentor, and the "place or stool of repentance" for offenders.1897, Publications: Church of Scotland. Presbytery of Alford (page xxxvi)
    Synonyms:
    cuttystool

Synonyms of stool of repentance

Forms of stool of repentance

pluralstools of repentance

Questions about stool of repentance

What does stool of repentance mean?
Stool of repentance means synonym of cuttystool (“seat in Scottish churches where offenders sat for public rebuke by the minister”).
What part of speech is stool of repentance?
Stool of repentance is a noun.
What is the plural of stool of repentance?
The plural of stool of repentance is stools of repentance.

Words near stool of repentance in the dictionary

  1. stooks
  2. Stooksbury
  3. Stooksburys
  4. stool
  5. stool of easement
  6. stool of repentance
  7. stool pigeon
  8. stool pigeons
  9. stool softener
  10. stool softeners
  11. stool-ball

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