gestatorial chair

noun

A sedan chair used as a portable throne by popes.

OriginItalian sedia gestatoria →
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Meanings

noungestatorial chair (plural gestatorial chairs)

plural gestatorial chairs

  1. historicalA sedan chair used as a portable throne by popes.

Origin

  1. Italiansedia gestatoria“carrying chair”
  2. Englishgestatorial chair

A calque of Latin and Italian sedia gestatoria (“carrying chair”).

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Translations

Italian sedia gestatoria
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Polish sedia gestatoria
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APA

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