Definitions for faldstool

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faldstool fald·stool

Spelling: [fawld-stool]

IPA: /ˈfɔldˌstul/

Faldstool is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 263 anagrams from letters in faldstool (adflloost).

Definitions for faldstool

noun

1. a chair or seat, originally one capable of being folded, used by a bishop or other prelate when officiating in his own church away from his throne or in a church not his own.
2. a movable folding stool or desk at which worshipers kneel during certain acts of devotion.
3. such a stool placed at the south side of the altar, at which the kings or queens of England kneel at their coronation.
4. a desk at which the litany is said or sung.

Origin of faldstool

1595-1605; Medieval Latin faldistolium West Germanic *faldistōl (compare Old High German faltistuol, late Old English fældestōl, fyldestōl); see fold¹,

Examples for faldstool

Passing the chapel, the king caught sight of the Duchess Isabella at her faldstool.

In the intervals, angels seated on faldstool thrones, and bearing stars; also two popinjays.

One is the Litany-desk, or faldstool,—as it is called in the Coronation Service.

The chaplain knelt beneath the altar; and the Prince knelt down at the faldstool, the Duke beside him on the floor.

We see the husband and wife kneeling facing each other, with a faldstool before each figure.