Prie-dieu

A fairly large, elaborately carved prie-dieu with a built-in altar that can be closed
Prie-dieu facing the casket of the former US President John F. Kennedy in the East Room of the White House in 1963. The priests Robert Mohan and Gilbert Hartke are praying on two more to the right.

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.

  1. ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 316.