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faldstool

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noun faldstools

  1. A portable, folding chair used by a bishop when away from his throne.
  2. Any similar stool used in a divine service (such as the coronation of a British monarch). The Queen then rises and goes to the faldstool, at which she is to be anointed and crowned, placed between King Edward's chair and the steps of the altar, where the Groom of the Stool to her Majesty (with the two Ladies of her Bedchamber) take off her rich circlet or coronet; when the Queen kneels d

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noun portable, folding chair used by a bishop

Españolfaldistorio, facistol
Portuguêsfaldistório
Françaisfaldistoire
DeutschFaldistorium, Faltstuhl
Italianofaldistorio

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@misc{faldstool_2026,
  title = {faldstool},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/faldstool},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}