sedilia
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of sedilia
C18: from Latin, from sedīle a chair, from sedēre to sit
Example Sentences
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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
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
Both walls have an arcading of cinque-foil pattern; and the double piscina and the graduated sedilia are of no less merit.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
On a capital in the sedilia of Dorchester Abbey is a curious compound which may be classed as a sphinx.
From The Grotesque in Church Art by T. Tindall Wildridge
The beautiful stone sedilia was due to Stapledon.
From Exeter by E. W. Haslehust
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