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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

pl.

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sing.

Sedile

[L.

sedile

a seat.]

(Arch.)

Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service.

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sedilia ‎(plural sedilias)

(obsolete) A series of seats, often recessed into the wall, on the south side of the chancel or choir for the use of officiating clergy.

sedilia

SEDILIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)