Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gestatorial chair

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ges-ta-to-ri-al chair
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sedan chair used as a portable throne by popes.

Etymology

A calque of Latin and Italian sedia gestatoria (“carrying chair”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -, sedia gestatoria

Inflected Forms

gestatorial chairs (plural)

Questions

What does gestatorial chair mean?: A sedan chair used as a portable throne by popes.
Where does gestatorial chair come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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