English Dictionary

prie-dieu

IPA（発音記号）

/pɹiːˈdjəː/

名詞

A piece of furniture on which someone can pray, consisting of a cushioned area to kneel on, with a built-in ledge for books.

日本語の意味

祈祷用家具。膝をついて祈るためのクッションがあり、書物を置くための棚が組み込まれている家具。

She knelt at the ornate prie-dieu and opened the family Bible, grateful for its cushioned kneeler and built-in book ledge.

彼女は装飾が施された祈祷用のひざまずき台（膝を載せるクッションと書物を置く棚付き）にひざまずき、家族の聖書を開いた。

意味（1）

A piece of furniture on which someone can pray, consisting of a cushioned area to kneel on, with a built-in ledge for books.

Leaning her childish face and full chin on the shelf of the prie-Dieu, her eyes fixed, she laughed, out of some hidden capacity, some lost subterranean humour ….

prie-dieus （ plural ）

prie-dieux （ plural ）