sedilia
English
Etymology
Latin, plural of sedile (“seat, bench”).
Noun
sedilia (plural sedilias)
- (obsolete or historical, architecture) A series of seats, typically three, often recessed into the wall, on the south side of the chancel or choir, reserved for the use of officiating clergy.
Noun
sedilia
Further reading
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
sedīlia
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sedīle
References
- "sedilia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)