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sedile

sedile is the alternative form of sedilium.

Meaning of sedilium

Noun

sedilium (plural sedilia)

  1. (historical) One of a row of seats in an Ancient Roman amphitheatre.
  2. A seat in the chancel of a church near the altar, for the officiating clergyman.
    Synonyms:
    sedile

Forms of sedile

pluralsediles
pluralsedilia

Origin of sedile

From Latin sedīle, from sedēre. By surface analysis, sed- (“seat”) + -ile.

Questions about sedile

What is sedile the alternative form of?
Sedile is the alternative form of sedilium.

Words near sedile in the dictionary

  1. Sedgwick
  2. Sedgwick County
  3. Sedgwickian
  4. sedgy
  5. sedigraphy
  6. sedile
  7. sediles
  8. sedilia
  9. sedilias
  10. sedilium
  11. Sedillo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sedile (page history and authors); sedilium (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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