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单词 subsella
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subsellan.

Brit. /səbˈsɛlə/, U.S. /səbˈsɛlə/
Inflections: Plural subsellae, subsellas.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin subsella ; sub- prefix, Latin sella.
Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin subsella (neuter plural) misericords, seats in choir stalls (1616 or earlier), alteration (after nouns in -a -a suffix2) of classical Latin subsellium subsellium n., or < sub- prefix + classical Latin sella seat (see sella n.), after subsellium n.In plural form subsellae by analogy with Latin plurals of the first declension.
Church Architecture.
= misericord n. 3.
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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > parts of > shelving projection on underside of
misericordc1515
subsellium1793
miserere1801
subsella1819
1819 J. Storer Hist. & Antiq. Cathedral Churches of Great Brit. IV. York 10 These stalls..are of modern workmanship, and on the whole tolerably well carved; though several parts bear little resemblance to the originals, and the subsellas are altogether omitted.
1849 Ecclesiologist 9 156 Seats placed stall-wise, with desks before them and subsellae beneath.
1861 J. M. Neale Notes on Dalmatia 117 On each side of the Choir are sixteen stalls,..with subsellae.
1905 T. F. Bumpus Cathedrals Eng. & Wales I. vii. 215 The ancient bishop's throne and stalls remaining with their fine tabernacle work thoroughly repaired, the old subsellæ used without any returns.
1987 Archit. Hist. 30 105 Scott used the ‘surplus’ stalls for his westernmost subsellæ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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