† seden.
Obsolete.
1. = seat n. 8 sede celestial, the throne of God.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > throne of God
cherubc825
thronec1225
sedea1400
Great White Throne1612
Mercy seat1667
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5320 Of his com þe king was fain, And of his sede [Fairf., Gött., Trin. Cambr. sete] him ras again.
a1500–34 Coventry Corpus Christi Plays i. 345 The sede seylesteall.
2. = seat n. 13.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city
headeOE
mother-boroughc1225
master-borougha1325
sedea1387
chief1393
master-townc1400
metropolitan?a1439
capital city1439
master citya1450
stade1481
metropolea1500
capital1525
seatc1540
head-place1546
chamber1555
mother city1570
metropolis1584
metropolite1591
madam-town1593
capital town1601
seat-town1601
metropolie1633
megapolis1638
county seat1803
Queen City1807
metrop1888
Metroland1951
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 183 And at þe laste [þey] cam in to Italia, and..made þe cheefe sede at Tarentum.
3. = seat n. 7.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > bench > [noun]
bencheOE
binkc1175
bankc1275
forma1387
sede1552
siege1566
bench seat1825
1552 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 140 Item I do geue for implements to remayne vnto the scholle the hangyns in my chamber, one table, one ioyned forme, one sede.
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