fald·stool (fôld st l )n. 1. A folding or small desk stool at which worshipers kneel to pray, especially one on which the British sovereign kneels at the time of coronation. 2. A folding chair or stool, especially one used by a bishop when not occupying the throne or when presiding away from the cathedral. 3. A desk at which the litany is recited. [Partial translation of Medieval Latin faldistolium, folding stool, of Germanic origin; see pel-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
faldstool [ˈfɔːldˌstuːl]
n
a backless seat, sometimes capable of being folded, used by bishops and certain other prelates
[C11 fyldestol, probably a translation of Medieval Latin faldistolium folding stool, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German faldstuol]
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