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Prie-Dieu 


A small prayer desk. The term is from the French, "pray God." It has space for one to kneel in prayer. It may have a sloping ledge above a shelf for books. It also may be known as a litany desk, a faldstool, or a kneeling desk. 




Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from "An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians," Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.
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