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Siege Perilous
Siege Perilousn. In Arthurian legend, a seat at King Arthur's Round Table kept for the knight destined to find the Holy Grail and fatal for any other occupant.Siege Perilous n (European Myth & Legend) (in Arthurian legend) the seat at the Round Table that could be filled only by the knight destined to find the Holy Grail and that was fatal to anyone else [from siege (in the archaic sense: a seat or throne)]Siege′ Per′ilous
n. a vacant seat at King Arthur's Round Table reserved for the predestined finder of the Holy Grail and fatal to pretenders. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Siege Perilous - the legendary seat at King Arthur's Round Table reserved for the knight who would find the Holy Grail; it was fatal for anyone else to sit in it |
Siege Perilous
Siege Perilousa seat at King Arthur’s Round Table for the knight destined to find the Holy Grail; it was fatal to any other occupant. [Br. Lit.: Morte d’Arthur; Benét, 929]See: Quest |