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 [...].
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Prie-dieu
//pɹiːˈdjəː//
Synonyms for "prie-dieu" (2 found)
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21 translations across 18 languages.
Basque
1 entries- belaunaulki noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Breton
1 entries- bank-ilinek noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Catalan
1 entries- reclinatori noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 小跪凳 noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Danish
1 entries- knæleskammel noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Dutch
2 entries- bidstoel noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
- kerkstoel noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Esperanto
1 entries- preĝbenko noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
French
1 entries- prie-Dieu noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
German
1 entries- Betpult noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Hungarian
2 entries- imazsámoly noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
- térdeplő noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Ido
1 entries- prego-stulo noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Irish
1 entries- stól urnaí noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Italian
1 entries- inginocchiatoio noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Lithuanian
1 entries- klauptas noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Polish
1 entries- klęcznik noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Slovak
1 entries- kľačadlo noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Spanish
1 entries- reclinatorio noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Swedish
2 entries- bönestol noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
- bönpall noun (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
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At her prie-dieu, she read in a calm voice the prayers for the dying.
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