See also:

• STALL (0. Eng. steall, stael, cf. Du. stal, Ger. and Swed. Stall, a common Teutonic word for a place, station, place for standing in; the root is the Indo-European std–, to stand, seen also in Latin stabulum, Greek vraO bs, and in stallion, an entire hors

STALL (0. Eng. steall, See also:

• STAEL, MADAME DE

stael, cf. Du. stal, Ger. and Swed. Stall, a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word for a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, station, place for See also:

• STANDING

standing in; the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is the Indo-See also:

• EUROPEAN

European std–, to stand, seen also in Latin stabulum, See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek vraO bs, and in stallion, an entire hors  e, properly one kept in a See also:

• STALL (0. Eng. steall, stael, cf. Du. stal, Ger. and Swed. Stall, a common Teutonic word for a place, station, place for standing in; the root is the Indo-European std–, to stand, seen also in Latin stabulum, Greek vraO bs, and in stallion, an entire hors

stall and not worked), a word which means literally a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where one may stand, and so is applied to a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division in a See also:

• STABLE

stable, See also:

• SHED

shed, &c., in which a single See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, cow or other domestic See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal may be kept, to a separate See also:

• BOOTH (connected with a Teutonic root meaning to dwell, whence also " bower ")
• BOOTH, BARTON (1681–1933)
• BOOTH, CHARLES (184o– )
• BOOTH, EDWIN [THOMAS] (1833–1893)

booth, See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench or table in a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market or other See also:

• BUILDING

building, or in the See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street, on which goods are exposed for See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale by the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person owning or licensed to use the same, and in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England to the higher-priced seats on the ground See also:

• FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor of a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre . The word is more particularly applied to a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of seat in an ecclesiastical building . In cathedrals, monastic churches and the larger See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish churches the stalls are fixed seats enclosed at the back and separated at the sides by high projecting arms, and placed in one or more rows on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south sides of the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir or See also:

• CHANCEL (through O. Fr. from Lat. plur. cancelli, dim. of cancer, grating, lattice, probably connected with an Indo-European root Kar-, to bend; cf. circus, curve, &c.)

chancel, See also:

• RUNNING

running from the See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary to the See also:

• SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

screen or chancel See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch . These separate enclosed seats are properly reserved for the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy, and more usually the choir are seated in open benches in front of the stalls . In a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral the canons and prebendaries have each a stall assigned to them . In the chapels of the various knightly orders the stalls are assigned to the members of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, thus, in St . See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George's See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel, See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor, are the stalls of the Knights of the Garter, in See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VII.'s Chapel in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey are those of the Knights of the See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath, adorned with the stall plates emblazoned with the arms of the See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight occupying the stall, above which is suspended his banner . Architecturally and artistically considered, the stalls of a cathedral or See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church are a marked feature of the interior adornment . They are richly carved, and are frequently surmounted by canopies of See also:

• TABERNACLE
• TABERNACLE (Lat. tabernaculum, a hut, tent)

tabernacle See also:

• WORK

work . The seats generally can be folded back so as to allow the occupant to stand upright or kneel; beneath the seat, especially in monastic churches, is fixed a small See also:

• BRACKET

bracket, a See also:

• MISERERE (the imperative of Lat. misereri, to have mercy or pity)

miserere (q.v.), which affords a slight See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest for the person while See also:

• STANDING

standing . Among beautiful specimens of carved stalls may be mentioned the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early Decorated stalls in See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester Cathedral, the Early Perpendicular ones in See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln See also:

• MINSTER
• MINSTER (from Lat. monasterium; cf. German Munster)

Minster, and the early 15th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century canopies in See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich Cathedral . The stalls, especially the towering corner-stalls with their ornate See also:

• CARVING

carving filled with figures, in See also:

• AMIENS

Amiens Cathedral are very See also:

• FINE

fine; they date from 1508-1520 .