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ˈsitting-place
[sitting vbl. n.]
1. A place to sit in; a seat. rare.
1382Wyclif Matt. xxiii. 6 Sothely thei louen the first sittyng placis [L. primos recubitus] in sopers. c1440Promp. Parv. 457/1 Syttynge place, sedile. 1587Golding De Mornay xxx. (1592) 472 Being required a sitting-place at his right hand or at his left. 1611Bible 2 Chron. ix. 18 There were sixe steps to the throne.., and stayes on each side of the sitting place. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 59 There is not one among you whose sitting-place is not written by God, whether in the fire or in paradise.
†2. The posteriors, the rump. Obs.
1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 117 A suppositar..conueyed into the syttynge place of the chylde. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 198 Take the hairs that grow behind on the goats sitting place. 1704Lond. Gaz. 4035/4 A..Mare,..with two..white Spots in the middle of the Sitting Place. |