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A prie-dieu (French: literally, "pray [to] God") is a type of prayer desk primarily intended for private devotional use, but which may also be found in churches. A similar form of chair in domestic furniture is called "prie-dieu" by analogy. [1] Sometimes, a prie-dieu will consist only of the sloped shelf for books without the kneeler.
Christian prayer is an important activity in Christianity, and there are several different forms used for this practice. [1] Christian prayers are diverse: they can be completely spontaneous, or read entirely from a text, such as from a breviary, which contains the canonical hours that are said at fixed prayer times.
The Missal, by John William Waterhouse (1902), depicts a woman kneeling on a prie-dieu, a piece of furniture with a built-in kneeler. A kneeler is a cushion (also called a tuffet, hassock, genuflexorium, or genuflectorium) or a piece of furniture used for resting in a kneeling position during Christian prayer.
Many devout Christians have a home altar at which they (and their family members) pray and read Christian devotional literature, sometimes while kneeling at a prie-dieu. Christian prayers are diverse: they can be completely spontaneous, or read entirely from a text, such as from a breviary, which contains the canonical hours that are said at ...
In front of each candelabrum is a plain prie-dieu, or prayer bench, at which those who desire to do so may kneel. There are ten chairs facing the central window. The walls are pastel blue. The ceiling is the original painting, with cloud panels trimmed with gold. The rug is deep blue. The altar and prayer benches are of white oak.
Quatre petites prières de saint François d'Assise, FP 142 (Four small prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi) [1] is a sacred choral work by Francis Poulenc for a cappella men's chorus, composed in 1948. Written on a request by Poulenc's relative who was a Franciscan friar, the work was premiered by the monks of Champfleury.
Frontispiece of the Breviary, depicting Eleanor of Viseu in prayer before a prie-dieu draped with her personal arms and device. The Breviary of Eleanor of Portugal is an early 16th-century Flemish illuminated manuscript Breviary, providing the divine office according to the Roman ordinal and calendar.
In the scene in Gethsemane, Jesus is shown at prayer. Three of the disciples are with him, all kneeling. In the Annunciation scene the angel carries a banner on which is written "AVE.GRATIA.PLENA". The Virgin Mary's response on another banner reads "ECCE ANCILLA DOMINI" ("I am the servant of the Lord."). She kneels at a prie-Dieu. [3] [4]