A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church.
Portable stool or desk used in praying; backless chair used by a bishop when officiating in a church not his own; a desk in an Anglican Church at which the litany is read.
An early (12th Century) portable folding chair. Similar to a camp stool, with the legs in an X and extending up to create arm rests and a back rail. In religious use, a litany desk.