prie-dieu
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English
Etymology
From French prie-Dieu, from prie (“pray”) + Dieu (“God”).
Pronunciation
Noun
prie-dieu (plural prie-dieus or prie-dieux)
- A piece of furniture on which someone can pray, consisting of a cushioned area to kneel on, with a built-in ledge for books.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 42:
- Leaning her childish face and full chin on the shelf of the prie-Dieu, her eyes fixed, she laughed, out of some hidden capacity, some lost subterranean humour [...].
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 772:
- thinking to improve his hour, he took to kneeling at a prie-dieu and ventured upon some propitiatory prayers to the Virgin which might serve as a sort of scaffolding to the more important confession which was to follow.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 87:
- At her prie-dieu, she read in a calm voice the prayers for the dying.
Translations
a piece of furniture on which someone can pray
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