Tripod: alternatives and connections

A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.

a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table

The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.

A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; ge…

A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.

To ease the body by stool; to go to stool.

Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.

That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.

A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.

A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cove…

A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four fee…

The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.

A vessel used to hold wine, oil, or water for the service of the altar.

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, wh…

A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet.

A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.

The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embr…

A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the pri…