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
- plural of sedile
- plural of sedilium
Further reading
- Sedilia in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- dailies, liaised
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)