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Definition of Footstool
1. Noun. A low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person.
Definition of Footstool
1. n. A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.
Definition of Footstool
1. Noun. A low stool for supporting the feet while seated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Footstool
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Footstool
Literary usage of Footstool
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Epistle to the Hebrews by Albert Barnes (1855)
"13 But to which of the angels said he at any time," Sit on my right hand, until
I make thine enemies thy footstool? a Ps. 110.1. b Ps. 103.21 ; Da. 7. ..."
2. The Works of John Jewel by John Jewel, John Ayre (1845)
"St Augustine's learned handling of this place of the psalm, "Adore ye his footstool,
because it is holy," maketh so evidently for this purpose, ..."
3. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1857)
"And St. Paul did well interpret Psal. ex. i. those words of the Prophet, Sit thou
on my right hand, until Ii Cor. xv. make thine enemies thy footstool, ..."
4. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Churchby Augustine, John Chrysostom by Augustine, John Chrysostom (1888)
"In another passage of the Scriptures it is said, " The heaven is My throne, and
the earth is My footstool." 5 Doth he then bid us worship the earth, ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... he used the altars of the church as a convenient footstool to the throne of
the empire. A conclusion so harsh and st> absolute is not, however, ..."
6. The English Reader by Lindley Murray (1830)
"commanded to stand at the footstool of' the calif. I was I was found able to
speak upon doubtful questions ; and wag ;the love of praise fastened on my ..."
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