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footstool
/ˈfʊtˌstuːl/
noun 2
Collocations
3VERB + FOOTSTOOL
called, having, love
FOOTSTOOL + NOUN
christ, t
PREP.
in, on, up
Definitions
noun
1
A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.
In Christianity, the world is called the footstool of Christ; in this Sumerian vision, the awakened body would be called the bed of the Queen of Heaven.
2
Anything trodden upon or treated as subservient.
Thereafter, when I have eaten and drunken and made merry in my royal palace at Carcë, I will sail with my armies over the teeming deep to many-mountained Demonland. And it shall be my footstool, and these other Demons the slaves of me, yea, and the slaves of my slaves.
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In Christianity, the world is called the footstool of Christ; in this Sumerian vision, the awakened body would be called the bed of the Queen of Heaven.
Wiktionary02
Thereafter, when I have eaten and drunken and made merry in my royal palace at Carcë, I will sail with my armies over the teeming deep to many-mountained Demonland. And it shall be my footstool, and t
Wiktionary03
I love having a footstool.
Tatoeba · #1157650504
Go ahead and put your feet up on the footstool.
Tatoeba · #1157650605
I'm not your footstool.
Tatoeba · #11576507Usage Notes
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