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Faldstool   Listen
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Faldstool  n.  A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church. Note: In the modern practice of the Church of England, the term faldstool is given to the reading desk from which the litany is read. This esage is a relic of the ancient use of a lectern folding like a camp stool.






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"Faldstool" Quotes from Famous Books



... footstool, cricket, hassock, ottoman, tabouret, buffet; tripod, trivet; faldstool; ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming



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