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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.
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.
A prie-dieu, a kneeling desk for prayer, placed in front of votive candles that are lit as an offering in prayer Some 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.
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.
prie-dieu lit. "pray [to] God"; a type of prayer desk. prix fixe lit. "fixed price"; a menu on which multi-course meals with only a few choices are charged at a fixed price. protégé (fem. protégée) lit. "protected"; a man/woman who receives support from an influential mentor. [46] provocateur an agitator, a polemicist. purée
According to the Smithsonian, the Newberry Library in Chicago is crowdsourcing translations for three 1 century manuscripts dealing with charms, spirits and other manners of magical practice.
Pope Pius VI in the decree of 5 April 1786 granted the indulgence of one hundred days and, on Sundays, of 7 years and the same number of forty years to anyone who with a heart contrition recited in the morning the antiphon Salve Regina and in the evening the Sub tuum praesidium.
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 ...