'Freedstool' definitions:
Definition of 'Freedstool'
- Freedstool \Freed"stool`\, n. [Obs.]
See Fridstol.
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Definition of 'freedstool'
- Fridstol \Frid"stol`\ (fr[i^]d"st[=o]l`), Frithstool
\Frith`stool"\ (fr[i^]th"st[=oo]l`), n. [AS. fri[eth]st[=o]l.
See Fred, and Stool.]
A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders
formerly fled for sanctuary. [Written variously fridstool,
freedstool, etc.] [Obs.]
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