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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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Example Sentences

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sedilia

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

Within the sedilia, at one time often mis-named “confessionals,” painted figures of bishops were formerly visible, even within the present century.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by G. H. (George Henry) Palmer

The gables, the pinnacles, and the tops of the canopies are the work of Sir Gilbert Scott, who found the sedilia in a mutilated condition.

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

There are in the chancel two freestone effigies, perhaps of the 14th century, besides three sedilia, and a piscina under arches.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

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

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