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sedes

sedes noun: the position a word or phrase occupies within the meter. Also the plural of sede.

Noun

sedes (plural sedes)

  1. The position a word or phrase occupies within the meter.

Also used as

sedes is also the plural of sede.

Forms of sedes

pluralsedes

Origin of sedes

Borrowed from Latin sēdēs (“seat”). Doublet of see.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about sedes

What does sedes mean?
Sedes means the position a word or phrase occupies within the meter.
What part of speech is sedes?
Sedes is a noun.
What is the plural of sedes?
The plural of sedes is sedes.

Words near sedes in the dictionary

  1. seder
  2. sederholmite
  3. seders
  4. sederunt
  5. sederunts
  6. sedes
  7. sedes impedita
  8. sedes vacans
  9. sedevacantism
  10. sedevacantist
  11. sedevacantists

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