sedile

American  

[se-dahy-lee] / sɛˈdaɪ li /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

plural

sedilia

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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Etymology

Origin of sedile

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

Example Sentences

Elfride, in turning her head, saw something shine weakly from a crevice in the rocky sedile.

From A Pair of Blue Eyes by Hardy, Thomas

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

Note the old font which was evidently at one time coloured; also the aumbry, piscina and sedile.

From Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End by Holmes, Edric

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)

In Priors Hardwick Church, Warwickshire, is a sedile for the priest, and below that one double the size for the deacon and sub-deacon; both are under recessed arched canopies.

From The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. by Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche