English Explanatory Dictionary

gestatorial chair

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sedan chair used as a portable throne by popes.

Word forms

gestatorial chair gestatorial chairs

Etymology

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

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