Word help

[la_marquise]

Can anyone give me a synonym other than 'prayer stool' or 'kneeler' for 'prie-dieu', please.

Comments

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Do you mean the standalone kind that is like a one-person pew, or just the bit being knelt on?

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Yes, that's the one.

[elfwhistletree.livejournal.com]

I guess that's different from a hassock?

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Yes: it's a wooden thing with a kneeler and a lectern type thing above it.

[muninnhuginn]

OED has "praying-desk" and "kneeling-desk".

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Thank you, those are useful.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

I've heard them called just kneelers
(http://www.catholicsupply.com/churchs/pews.html) or prayer benches or kneeling benches.

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

I could swear I left a comment yesterday...

Anyway, if you can't think of one you like, you could always just change it to a verb phrase, if appropriate...

[stevegreen.livejournal.com]

I suddenly thought "misericord", but of course those are the little platforms the old and infirm were allowed to lean against whilst praying upright, not kneeling.