It was making soft noises as she tiptoed across to the prie-dieu. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
A woman, probably a local shopkeeper, was kneeling at a prie-dieu. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Killer]
The hand he leaned upon the prie-dieu wore a ring Cadfael had never seen before. From Wordnik.com. [A River So Long] Reference
The prie-dieu stood centrally before the bier, but there was no one kneeling there. From Wordnik.com. [A Morbid Taste For Bones]
The lower left has a king kneeling at a prie-dieu on which is his crown and an open book. From Wordnik.com. [The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains] Reference
He took her for a prie-dieu, and knelt down upon her, putting his elbows upon her shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency]
He covered Columbanus, adjusted the cloths to cushion his head, and went back to his own prie-dieu. From Wordnik.com. [A Morbid Taste For Bones]
And on the book-rest of the prie-dieu, laid where his prayerful hands had rested, was a single knot of flowering may. From Wordnik.com. [A Morbid Taste For Bones]
His mother, in her long white night-dress, was kneeling at the other end of the chamber at her prie-dieu, absorbed in devotion. From Wordnik.com. [Westward Ho!] Reference
“Sit down, mademoiselle,” said Mrs. Marston, taking her hand kindly, and drawing her to the prie-dieu chair beside herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Evil Guest] Reference
At the funeral service Lady Burton occupied a prie-dieu by the side, and to the right was Captain St. George Burton, of the Black. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton] Reference
The snowy sweetness carried as far as the prie-dieu, and sprinkled both it and the crumpled, empty garments that lay discarded there. From Wordnik.com. [A Morbid Taste For Bones]
Then he came to stand, leaning on the prie-dieu, facing her. From Wordnik.com. [The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series] Reference
Classmates who were Roman Catholic knelt at the prie-dieu to pray. From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
But Susanna, instead of going forward, knelt at the prie-dieu next to his. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady Paramount] Reference
Slowly he lifts his prayer-book from the prie-dieu and holds it droopingly. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Burlesques] Reference
Three or four feet behind the prie-dieu and completely concealing the high altar, there is. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Burlesques] Reference
Christine returns alone, locks the door on the inside, and falls on her knees at a prie-dieu. From Wordnik.com. [Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts] Reference
Lady Burton, "a pathetic picture of prayerful sorrow," occupied a prie-dieu at the coffin's side. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Sir Richard Burton] Reference
Then, with an impulse of discretion, to efface himself, he knelt at the first prie-dieu he came to. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady Paramount] Reference
It is often used by painters of the fifteenth century in pictures of the Annunciation, where it does duty as a prie-dieu. From Wordnik.com. [The Care of Books] Reference
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