gestatorial chair

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Pius IX on his gestatorial chair, the papal sedan chair or mobile throne (mid-19th cent.)

Etymology

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

Noun

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gestatorial chair (plural gestatorial chairs)

  1. (historical) A sedan chair used as a portable throne by popes.

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