† reclinatory Obs.
Also 5 reclyn-.
[ad. late L. reclīnātōrium the back of a couch (7th c.), the seat of a chariot (Vulg.), f. reclīnāre to recline. Cf. OF. reclinatoire (Godef.).]
Something on which to recline; a couch.
| 1412–20 Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xi, Costly tabernacles Vauted aboue lyke to reclynatoryes. 1430–40 ― Bochas i. xii. (1554) 25 Fortune in her reclinatorie. 1502 Ord. Cristen Men (W. de W. 1506) v. vi. 409 His trone and his reclinatorye. a 1633 Austin Medit. (1635) 48 His Couches (or Reclinatories) were but meane ones. |
b. spec. A seat for the use of a priest while hearing confession.
| 1637 J. Pocklington Altare Chr. 24 To the Chancels belong the Vestry..and Reclinatories for hearing Confessions. 1640 R. Baillie Canterb. Self-convict. 76 A publik penitentiarie, who..might in the Kirk sit in his reclinatorie. |