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a raised platform (as beneath an altar)
  • … [He] deposited his basket by the font, went up the nave …; then he knelt upon the footpace.
  • — Thomas Hardy

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The first known use of footpace was in 1538

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“Footpace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpace. Accessed 28 Nov. 2020.

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