Pl. subsellia. [L., f. sub- SUB- 3 + sella seat.]
1. Rom. Antiq. A seat in an amphitheatre.
a. 1701. Maundrell, Journ. Jerus. (1721), 16. Vaults which run under the Subsellia all round the Theatre.
2. Church Archit. = MISERICORD 2 c.
1806. J. Dallaway, Engl. Archit., 118. The application of the ancient carved subsellia to the present reading-desks is a new idea.
1886. Willis & Clark, Cambridge, I. 47. The stalls and subsellia … belong in style to the period of their construction.
