faldstool noun. ['fɔ:ldstu:l]
[Late Old English fældestōl, fyld(e)stōl from Germanic, from base of FOLD verb¹, STOOL noun. Partly from medieval Latin faldistolium from West Germanic.]
Ecclesiastical.
1. A seat (freq. folding) used by a bishop or other prelate when not occupying the throne or when officiating in any church other than his own. LOE.

2. A movable folding stool or desk at which worshippers kneel; esp. one used by a monarch at his or her coronation. E17.

3. A small desk at which the Litany is said or sung. E17.

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