faldstool
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English
Etymology
See foldstool.
Noun
faldstool (plural faldstools)
- A portable, folding chair used by a bishop when away from his throne.
- Any similar stool used in a divine service (such as the coronation of a British monarch).
- 1831 September 1, “A Particular and Historical Account of the Ceremonies usually Observed at the Coronation of the Kings and Queens of Great Britain”, in The World of Fashion, and Continental Feuilletons. , volume VIII, number 89, London: Printed by Mr. Bell, , →OCLC, page 211, column 1:
- 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 down, and the Archbishop pours the holy oil on the crown of her head, in the form of a cross, using these words, "In the name of the Father, the Son, and Holy Ghost, let the anointing of this oil increase thine honour," &c.
Translations
portable, folding chair used by a bishop
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