sedilia (Seats on the south side of the chancel for the celebrant

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• Sedilia — The sedilia (the plural of Lat. sedile , seat), in ecclesiastical architecture, the term given to the seats (often) on the south side of the chancel near the altar for the use of the officiating priests. These rebated seats are found in the… …   Wikipedia

• sedilia — noun plural Etymology: Latin, plural of sedile seat, from sedēre Date: 1793 seats on the south side of the chancel for the celebrant and his assistants …   New Collegiate Dictionary