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‖ sedile Arch.|sɪˈdaɪliː|
Pl. sedilia |sɪˈdɪlɪə|.
[L. sedīle neut., f. root of sedēre to sit.]
pl. A series of seats, usually three in number, either movable or recessed in the wall and crowned with canopies, pinnacles, and other enrichments, usually placed on the south side of the choir near the altar for use by the clergy. Rarely sing. one of the sedilia, or a single seat used for this purpose.
1793Archæologia (1794) XI. 335, I shall beg leave to turn the enquiry to..the sedilia, so frequently found in our chancels and chauntries. 1848B. Webb Cont. Ecclesiol. 119 The south wall of the sacrarium contains five sedilia. 1853Rock Ch. of Fathers III. ii. 187 These sedilia were sometimes called, even in smaller churches, the ‘presbytery’. 1863Sir G. Scott in Archæol. Cant. V. 5 The change..of the chancel into Early Pointed by adding vaulting, inserting lancet windows..and a beautiful Early English sedile. 1866Direct. Anglic. (ed. 3) 360 Sedilia, seats for the officiating clergy on the south side of the altar—usually three for Priest, Deacon and Sub⁓deacon. 1891Ch. Times 27 Nov. 1157/1 The lowest sedile within the sanctuary.
attrib.1904Athenæum 9 Apr. 473/1 There are sedilia niches in the churches of Witton [etc.]. |
