Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Faldistory

Faldistory , noun

[Late Latin faldistorium, faldestorium, from Old High German faldstuol; faldan, faltan, to fold (German falten) + stuol stool. So called because it could be folded or laid together. See Fold, and Stool, and compare Faldstool, Fauteuil.]

The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel. [Obsolete]