sedilia

English

Etymology

Latin, plural of sedile (“seat, bench”).

Noun

sedilia (plural sedilias)

1. (obsolete or historical, architecture) A series of seats, typically three, often recessed into the wall, on the south side of the chancel or choir, reserved for the use of officiating clergy.

Noun

sedilia

1. plural of sedile
2. plural of sedilium

Further reading

• Sedilia in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• dailies, liaised

Latin

Noun

sedīlia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sedīle

References

• sedilia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)