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• plural of sedile.

sedilia

British  

/ sɛˈdaɪlɪə /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) the group of three seats, each called a sedile ( sɛˈdaɪlɪ ), often recessed, on the south side of a sanctuary where the celebrant and ministers sit at certain points during High Mass

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Etymology

Origin of sedilia

C18: from Latin, from sedīle a chair, from sedēre to sit

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His pages are peppered with erudite information about north perpendicular windows, Norman towers, triple sedilia and rood-loft doorways, which he appeals to his readers to please "note" and "admire".

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2018

One more tile should be noticed near the sedilia.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé

The chief points of interest are a good decorated font, two sedilia, and a tomb with effigies of Sir W. and Lady Pope, erected about the middle of the 17th century.

From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Edwin Walford

The Reading Desk, on the north, is part of the chancel sedilia; this, with the Lectern, p. 59slightly carved, in front of it, and all the sittings, are of pitch pine, stained.

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by James Conway Walter

The Sedilia.—The last bay on the south side is now occupied by three sedilia and a piscina, which form one block.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric by Cecil Walter Charles Hallett