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Prie-dieu

//pɹiːˈdjəː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of furniture on which someone can pray, consisting of a cushioned area to kneel on, with a built-in ledge for books.

    "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 [...]."

  2. 2
    low bench for kneeling on wordnet

Etymology

From French prie-Dieu, from prie (“pray”) + Dieu (“God”).

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