Definitions for frithstool

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frithstool frith·stool

Spelling: [frith-stoo l]

IPA: /ˈfrɪθˌstʊl/

Frithstool is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 395 anagrams from letters in frithstool (fhiloorstt).

Definitions for frithstool

noun

1. (in Anglo-Saxon England) a seat in a church, placed near the altar, for persons who claimed the right of sanctuary.

Origin of frithstool

before 1000; Old English frithstōl, equivalent to frith peace, security (akin to Old Norse frithr, Gothic Frithareiks Frederick; see friend) + stōl Examples for frithstool

There was a frithstool endowed with similar privileges at York Minster, and another at Durham.