English Dictionary

suppedaneum

/sʌpɪˈdeɪnɪəm/

noun

a foot-support for a crucified person, projecting from the base of the cross / the platform in front of the altar on which celebrating priest stands

The suppedaneum provided support for the crucified person's feet.

意味（1）

a foot-support for a crucified person, projecting from the base of the cross

2002: At the center of the O, a nimbed Christ is fixed to a cross with a large serpent coiled at its base, his feet on a suppedaneum. — Celia Chazell, Reading Medieval Images, ed. Thelma Thomas & Elizabeth Sears (University of Michigan 2005, p. 27)

意味（2）

the platform in front of the altar on which celebrating priest stands