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sedilia (ceremonial chairs, <chairs by function>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Series of seats, usually three in number, or a bench, and rarely only one seat, either movable or recessed in the wall and crowned with canopies, pinnacles, and other enrichments, usually placed on the south side of the choir near the altar for the officiating clergy: celebrant, deacon, and sub-deacon. |
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sedilia (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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sedilia (Spanish-P,D,U,SN)
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sedilia (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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sedile (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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sitial de tres (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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sedilium (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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altaarbank (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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altaarbanken (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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Sedile (C,V,German-P,D,SN)
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Sedilien (C,V,German,AD,PN)
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sitiales de tres (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ |
Hierarchical Position:
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Objects Facet |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Furnishings (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ furnishings (works) (G) |
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................ <furnishings by form or function> (G) |
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.................... furniture (G) |
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........................ <furniture by form or function> (G) |
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............................ seating furniture (G) |
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................................ single seating furniture (G) |
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.................................... chairs (furniture forms) (G) |
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........................................ <chairs by function> (G) |
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![Hierarchy of ceremonial chairs](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif)
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............................................ ceremonial chairs (G) |
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................................................ sedilia (G) |
Additional Parents:
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Objects Facet |
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.... Components (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ components (objects parts) (G) |
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............ <components by specific context> (G) |
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................ architectural elements (G) |
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.................... <architectural elements by building type> (G) |
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![Hierarchy of religious building fixtures](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif)
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........................ religious building fixtures (G) |
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............................ Christian religious building fixtures (G) |
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................................ <fixtures for seating or kneeling in Christian religious buildings> (G) |
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.................................... sedilia (G) |
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Objects Facet |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Furnishings (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ furnishings (works) (G) |
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................ <furnishings by form or function> (G) |
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.................... furniture (G) |
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........................ <furniture by form or function> (G) |
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![Hierarchy of seating furniture](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif)
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............................ seating furniture (G) |
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................................ multiple-seating furniture (G) |
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.................................... benches (furniture) (G) |
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........................................ <benches by form or function> (G) |
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............................................ sedilia (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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Dutch ..... Wordt gebruikt voor rijen zitplaatsen voor de dienstdoende geestelijken, meestal van steen en telkens drie, over het algemeen gesitueerd aan de zuidkant van het altaar. |
German ..... Reihe von Sitzplätzen, in der Regel drei und aus Stein bestehend, befindet sich für gewöhnlich auf der Südseite des Altars für den sein Amt ausübenden Klerus. |
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Related concepts: |
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distinguished from .... |
presider's chairs |
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(ceremonial chairs, <chairs by function>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300395619] |
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