FALDSTOOL
Etymology
Noun
faldstool (plural faldstools)
A portable, folding chair used by a bishop when away from his throne.
Any similar stool used in a divine service (such as the coronation of a British monarch).
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Source: Wiktionary
Fald"stool`, n. Etym: [See Faldistory.]
Definition: 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.
Fairholt.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition