prie-dieu
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It is catalogued under topics including 1911 Britannica articles needing updates from June 2022, Christian prayer and Christian religious furniture.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Saint-Félix 16 Prie-Dieu 2014.jpg
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- Prie-dieux
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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thumb|upright=0.9|A fairly large, elaborately carved prie-dieu with a built-in altar that can be closed thumb|upright=0.9|Prie-dieu facing the casket of the President of the United States|US President [[John F. Kennedy in the East Room of the White House in 1963. The priests Robert Mohan and Gilbert Hartke are praying on two more to the right.]]
A prie-dieu (; , ) is a type of prayer desk primarily intended for private devotional use, but which may also be found in churches. A similar form of chair in domestic furniture is called "prie-dieu" by analogy. Sometimes, a prie-dieu will consist only of the sloped shelf for books without the kneeler.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “prie-dieu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.