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SEDILIA

\sɛdˈɪli͡ə], \sɛdˈɪli‍ə], \s_ɛ_d_ˈɪ_l_iə]\

Definitions of SEDILIA

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

(sing. sedile, rare). Set of usu. three stone seats for priests in S. wall of chancel often canopied& otherwise decorated. [Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

[L.] Seats of the officiating priests, placed generally on the south side of the chancel.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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