A series of seats, often recessed into the wall, on the south side of the chancel or choir for the use of officiating clergy.(noun)
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Use "sedilia" in a sentence
"The design of the sedilia resembles that at St. Monans, Fife, and adjoining the sedilia is the piscina, the aperture of which is still visible."
"Close to the sedilia is a piscina decorated in a similar manner."
"New descriptions of ceremonial actions which readers thought would be helpful -- such as the manner in which the sacred ministers go to and from the sedilia -- have been included, as have other paragraphs elucidating matters, the appreciation of which when this book was originally in print one may reasonably have presumed."