Example sentences from the Web for sedilia

There are three sedilia, and the high altar seems to have been of marble.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys|Dugald Butler and Herbert Story
The sedilia are very fine, and worthy of careful inspection.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.]|H. J. L. J. Mass
The sedilia are thirteenth-century work, and were decorated with paintings.
The Cathedrals of Great Britain|P. H. Ditchfield
It has heavy Norman and early English piers, and sedilia and piscina in the chancel with Norman enrichment.
Edge Hill|Edwin Walford

But the most curious feature of these sedilia is not perceived until a glance is given beneath the canopies.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon|Cecil Walter Charles Hallett

sedilia

/ (sɛˈdaɪlɪə) /

noun

(functioning as singular) the group of three seats, each called a sedile (sɛˈdaɪlɪ), often recessed, on the south side of a sanctuary where the celebrant and ministers sit at certain points during High Mass

Word Origin for sedilia

C18: from Latin, from sedīle a chair, from sedēre to sit

Words nearby sedilia

sedge warbler, sedge wren, Sedgwick, sedgy, sedile, sedilia, sediment, sedimentary, sedimentary rock, sedimentation, sedimentation constant

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单词	sedilia
释义	Example sentences from the Web for sedilia There are three sedilia, and the high altar seems to have been of marble. Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys\|Dugald Butler and Herbert Story The sedilia are very fine, and worthy of careful inspection. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.]\|H. J. L. J. Mass The sedilia are thirteenth-century work, and were decorated with paintings. The Cathedrals of Great Britain\|P. H. Ditchfield It has heavy Norman and early English piers, and sedilia and piscina in the chancel with Norman enrichment. Edge Hill\|Edwin Walford But the most curious feature of these sedilia is not perceived until a glance is given beneath the canopies. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon\|Cecil Walter Charles Hallett sedilia / (sɛˈdaɪlɪə) / noun (functioning as singular) the group of three seats, each called a sedile (sɛˈdaɪlɪ), often recessed, on the south side of a sanctuary where the celebrant and ministers sit at certain points during High Mass Word Origin for sedilia C18: from Latin, from sedīle a chair, from sedēre to sit Words nearby sedilia sedge warbler, sedge wren, Sedgwick, sedgy, sedile, sedilia, sediment, sedimentary, sedimentary rock, sedimentation, sedimentation constant Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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