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‖ solea Eccl.|ˈsəʊlɪə|
[Byz. Gr. σολέα, ad. Romanic *solea (cf. It. soglia) threshold.]
In churches (esp. those of the East), a raised part of the floor in front of a chapel or of the chancel.
1858Ecclesiologist XIX. 315 The chancel arch [in Shottesbrook church]..is spanned by a high stone screen, outside of which..the prayer-desk stands upon a solea of the width of the screen. 1884A. J. Butler Coptic Ch. Egypt I. iv. 214 In front of all three eastern chapels is a continuous narrow platform or solea. |