subsellium
Americannoun
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subsellia
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of subsellium
1695–1705; < Latin: low seat, bench, equivalent to sub- sub- + sell ( a ) seat + -ium -ium
Example Sentences
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The Parasites, when there was not room for them on the "triclinia," or "couches" at table, were forced to sit on "subsellia," or "benches," at the bottom of the table.
From The Captiva and the Mostellaria by Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley
The screen and stall work brought from Easby Abbey are of great beauty, and the carvings on the subsellia are quaint and humorous.
From What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association by Gordon Home
The magistrates were seated on the subsellia, one of the Duumvirs presiding, in his white robe bordered with purple; his lictors, with staves, not fasces, standing behind him.
From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by John Henry Newman
Time waits for no man, nor does the court of justice, nor the subsellia of the magistrate.
From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by John Henry Newman
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