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‖ subsellium|səbˈsɛlɪəm| Pl. subˈsellia |-ˈsɛlɪə|. [L., f. sub- sub- 3 + sella seat.] 1. Rom. Antiq. A seat in an amphitheatre.
a1701Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1721) 16 Vaults which run under the Subsellia all round the Theatre. 2. Ch. Archit. = misericord 2 c.
1806J. Dallaway Engl. Archit. 118 The application of the ancient carved subsellia to the present reading-desks is a new idea. 1886Willis & Clark Cambridge I. 47 The stalls and subsellia..belong in style to the period of their construction. |