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stools of repentance

stools of repentance is the plural of stool of repentance.

Meaning of stool of repentance

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

Questions about stools of repentance

What is stools of repentance the plural of?
Stools of repentance is the plural of stool of repentance.

Words near stools of repentance in the dictionary

  1. stoolless
  2. stoollike
  3. stoolmaking
  4. stools
  5. stools of easement
  6. stools of repentance
  7. stooly
  8. stoom
  9. stoomed
  10. stooming
  11. stooms

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