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sedile
[ se-dahy-lee ]
noun
, Ecclesiastical.
, plural se·dil·i·a [se-, dil, -ee-, uh].
- one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
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This is beneath a sept-foiled arch, beside which is another strangely irregular (p. 210) arch over a sedile.
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Elfride, in turning her head, saw something shine weakly from a crevice in the rocky sedile.
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At the E. end is a piscina and a sedile, each under an elaborate triple ogee canopy.
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The sanctuary contains a sedile and piscina, and a stoup and a rougher piscina will be found in the nave.
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A single sedile for one person only is occasionally met with, but not often.
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