sedile

/se-dahy-lee/US // sɛˈdaɪ li //

沉积物,沉淀物,沉积,沉淀器

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural se·dil·i·a [se-dil-ee-uh]. /sɛˈdɪl i ə/. Ecclesiastical.
- : one of the seats on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.

This is beneath a sept-foiled arch, beside which is another strangely irregular (p. 210) arch over a sedile.
Elfride, in turning her head, saw something shine weakly from a crevice in the rocky sedile.
At the E. end is a piscina and a sedile, each under an elaborate triple ogee canopy.
The sanctuary contains a sedile and piscina, and a stoup and a rougher piscina will be found in the nave.
A single sedile for one person only is occasionally met with, but not often.