Memorials

pl. sedili

elevated stand with a sloping top and usually a ledge at the bottom of the slope designed to support a book or script in a convenient position for a reader standing before it. A lectern may be placed on a table or mounted on a pedestal. A lectern In a church is usually situated in the chancel, sometimes inside a rood screen or tribune.

door or entryway, portale sometimes used for an especially large one

as definition of soglia, which can refer to the strips fastened to the floor beneath a door, but also can refer to a door's handle, or the lintel above

biblical or other Christian figure

Alternate Names: Christian figure

plant material, principal tissue of trees and other plants that provides both strength and a means of conducting nutrients; one of most versatile materials known

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