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| fald·stool [ fáwld stl ] (plural fald·stools) |
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1. folding seat for bishop: a folding seat, especially one used by a bishop when officiating away from the throne or at another church
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2. folding stool for worshiper: a small folding stool with a raised attachment like a desk at which a worshiper kneels to pray
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3. desk in church: a desk from which the liturgy is read during a church service
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| [ Old English fældstōl<fold1 + stool; partly < medieval Latin faldistolium< Germanic] |
