McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Cutty-stool

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Cutty-stool


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the stool or seat of repentance in the Scotch kirks, placed near the roof and painted black, on which offenders against chastity sit during service, professing repentance and receiving the minister's rebukes. It is somewhat remarkable that a breach of the seventh commandment should be the only sin subjecting the offender in the Scotch Church to this sort of discipline.