Obs. Also 8 faldisdory. [ad. med.L. faldistori-um, var. of faldistolium: see FALDSTOOL.] The seat or throne of a bishop within the chancel.

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1675.  Plume, Life Bp. Hacket (1865), 82. The Reverend Bishop came to the faldistory in the middle of the choir.

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1722.  Sparrow, Bk. Com. Prayer, 273. A Faldistory is the Episcopal Seat or Throne within the Chancel.

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1768.  E. Buys, Dict. Terms Art, Faldisdory, the Bishop’s Seat, or Throne within the Chancel.

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1848.  in Wharton, Law Lex.

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