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A series of seats, often recessed into the wall, on the south side of the chancel or choir for the use of officiating clergy.
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One of a row of seats in an Ancient Roman amphitheatre.
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A seat in the chancel of a church near the altar, for the officiating clergyman.
Examples of sedilia in a Sentence
There are in the chancel two freestone effigies, perhaps of the r4th century, besides three sedilia, and a piscina under arches.
The church of St Andrew, Heckington, is the best example of Decorated architecture in the county; it is famed for its Easter sepulchre and fine sedilia.
Inside the church, an ornately decorated sedilia survives, where a bench was enclosed under a single arch.
The piscina and the triple sedilia are both 14th century.
In the sanctuary is a rather stark example of stone sedilia.
The choir has not only the tomb but a matching piscina and sedilia and a richly framed sacristy door.
The piscina and sedilia in the south wall are of the same date and nearby is an inserted 14th-century window.
Right of the chancel are the 3 sedilia seats for the medieval mass, in which the priest, deacon and sub deacon sat.