† falˈdistory Obs.
Also 8 faldisdory.
[ad. med.L. faldistori-um, var. of faldistolium: see faldstool.]
The seat or throne of a bishop within the chancel.
| 1675 T. Plume Life Bp. Hacket (1865) 82 The Reverend Bishop came to the faldistory in the middle of the choir. 1722 Sparrow Bk. Com. Prayer 273 A Faldistory is the Episcopal Seat or Throne within the Chancel. 1768 E. Buys Dict. Terms Art, Faldisdory, the Bishop's Seat, or Throne within the Chancel. 1848 in Wharton Law Lex. |