PRIE-DIEU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prie-dieu mean? 

• PRIE-DIEU (noun)
  The noun PRIE-DIEU has 1 sense:

1. low bench for kneeling on

  Familiarity information: PRIE-DIEU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIE-DIEU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low bench for kneeling on

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("prie-dieu" is a kind of...):

bench (a long seat for more than one person)

 Context examples 

Then, with a sudden deep-chested shout, he tore up the heavy oaken prie-dieu and poised it to strike, taking two steps backward the while, that none might take him at a vantage.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With a bow to the Abbot, which had in it perhaps more pleasantry than reverence, the novice strode across to the carved prie-dieu which had been set apart for him, and stood silent and erect with his hand upon the gold bell which was used in the private orisons of the Abbot's own household.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)