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sedile

[ se-dahy-lee ]

noun

, Ecclesiastical.
, plural se·dil·i·a [se-, dil, -ee-, uh].
  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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Word History and Origins

Origin of sedile1

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

This is beneath a sept-foiled arch, beside which is another strangely irregular (p. 210) arch over a sedile.

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

At the E. end is a piscina and a sedile, each under an elaborate triple ogee canopy.

The sanctuary contains a sedile and piscina, and a stoup and a rougher piscina will be found in the nave.

A single sedile for one person only is occasionally met with, but not often.

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