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To accommodate the visitors, St. Edward sets out beside the grave, loosely arranged as if around a campfire, a pair of weather-beaten wooden prie-dieux, an iron garden bench and a tilting patio chair.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022

The Duchessa dropped on one knee, and then knelt for a few moments at one of the prie-dieux.

From Antony Gray,—Gardener by Moore, Leslie

Together the bride and groom approached the linen cloth held by the surpliced altar boys, and together they received the greatest of sacraments, then returned to their prie-dieux.

From Charred Wood by Shepherd, J. Clinton