prie-dieu

[pree-dyoo; Fr. pree-dyœ]

prie-dieu

[pree-dyoo; Fr. pree-dyœ]
noun, plural prie-dieus, prie-dieux [-dyooz] , French prie-dieu.
a piece of furniture for kneeling on during prayer, having a rest above, as for a book.

Origin:
1750–60; < French: literally, pray God
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Prie-dieu is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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prie-dieu (priːˈdjɜː)
 
n
a piece of furniture consisting of a low surface for kneeling upon and a narrow front surmounted by a rest for the elbows or for books, for use when praying
 
[C18: from French, from prier to pray + Dieu God]

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prie-dieu

praying desk for one individual with a knee bench close to the floor and a vertical panel supporting an armrest, below which there is usually a shelf for prayer books and the like. The knee rest and arm support are often upholstered.

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