sedilia
English
editEtymology
editLatin, plural of sedile (“seat, bench”).
Noun
editsedilia (plural sedilias)
- (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
editsedilia
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editLatin
editNoun
editsedīlia
References
edit- 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)
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