Prie-dieu (Fr., 'pray God'), a portable kneeling-desk; a chair which may be used for kneeling in prayer.
Prie-dieu
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 402
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Prie-dieu (Fr., 'pray God'), a portable kneeling-desk; a chair which may be used for kneeling in prayer.