sedile

American  

[se-dahy-lee] / sɛˈdaɪ li /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

sedilia plural

1. 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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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• sedilia
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sedile

1785–95; < Latin sedīle sitting-place, equivalent to sed ( ēre ) to sit ¹ + -īle neuter noun suffix

Example Sentences

The chancel is furnished with a sedile, credence-niche, stalls, reading desk, and lectern. 

From The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account by Nicholls, H. G. (Henry George)

Our Lady in the centre of the design is seated on a Byzantine sedile with the infant Jesus on her knees.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William

In the N. aisle is an ambry, and in the S. aisle a sedile and two piscinæ, and on the N. side another ambry.

From Hertfordshire by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)

The Sedilia, from the Latin sedile, a seat, has come to be applied in modern times to the seats used by the celebrants during the pauses in the mass.

From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Heath, Sidney

There are good oak stalls and a sedile in the chancel.

From Hertfordshire by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)