Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Popular Searches
Cool math
Free plagiarism chec...
Consequences of plag...
Ways to avoid plagia...
Plagiarism statistic...
Which is worse : sha...
Types of plagiarism
Detect plagiarism
Nearby Words
sedent
sedentarily
sedentariness
sedentary
sederunt
sedge
sedge bird
sedge family
sedge fly
sedge moor
sedge warbler
sedge wren
sedge-family
sedge-moor
sedge-wren
sedgelike
sedgemoor
sedgwick
sedgy
sedi'mentarily
sedile
sedilia
sedimen'tologis...
sediment
sediment ology
sediment yeast
sediment-ology
sediment-yeast
sedimental
sedimentarily
sedimentary
sedimentary cla...
sedimentary roc...
sedimentation
sedimentation c...
sedimentation r...
sedimentation t...
sedimentation t...
sedimentator
sedimentologic
sedimentologica...
sedile
[
se-
dahy
-lee
]
Sedile
www.gifts.com/
Looking For
Sedile
? Top Brands at Low Prices
Dictionary.com's Mobile Apps
www.dictionary.com/mobile
Ad-Free, Offline Content, Audio Pronunciation and More! Take Millions of Words With You Everywhere. Download Now!
Ads
se·di·le
/
sɛˈdaɪ
li
/
Show Spelled
[
se-
dahy
-lee
]
Show IPA
noun,
plural
se·dil·i·a
/
-ˈdɪl
i
ə
/
Show Spelled
[
-
dil
-ee-
uh
]
Show IPA
.
Ecclesiastical
.
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
Origin:
1785–95;
<
Latin
sedīle
sitting-place, equivalent to
sed
(
ēre
) to
sit
1
+
-īle
neuter noun suffix
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
sedile
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Sedile
is always a great word to know.
So is
lollapalooza
. Does it mean:
So is
doohickey
. Does it mean:
So is
bezoar
. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Word Dynamo Rating For
Sedile
People who can define
Sedile
may know
43,750
words, as many as a
11th grader.
How many words do you know?
Upgrade to Ad-free Premium Membership!
Quote Of The Day
"If someday I make a dictionary of definitions wanting single words to head them, a cherished entry will be "To abridge, expand, or otherwise alter or cause to be altered for the sake of belated improvement, one's own writings in translation.""
-Vladimir Nabokov
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT