Definition of "footstool" []

• A low stool for supporting the feet. (noun)

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• "A golden footstool is mentioned (2Ch 9: 18) as attached to this throne, whose magnificence is described as unrivalled."
• "The footstool was the right size for a table with a fringed napkin for a tablecloth; and Adelaide had her own little set of dishes, white with a moss-rose pattern."
• "Grievously sinful indeed it was and is to swear by heaven, which is the abode of God; or by earth, which is His creation and by Him called His footstool; or by Jerusalem, which was regarded by those who swore as the city of the great King; or by one's own head, which is part of the body God has created."