plural of sede

Obsolete spelling of seed

(canon law) A papal or episcopal see when vacant.

(Christianity) A papal or episcopal see when there is a partial cessation by the incumbent of his episcopal duties.

Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity. / (anthropology, of a human population) Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic.

a sedentary person

(Judaism) The ceremonial meal held on the first night or two nights of Passover. / (Judaism) One of the 54 parts into which the Torah is divided.

(Scotland) A formal meeting, especially of a judicial or ecclesiastical body. / (Scotland) Those people present at such a meeting.

Someone who espouses sedevacantism.

(Christianity) The belief, held by a minority of Traditionalist Catholics, that the present occupant of the papal see is not the true pope and that the see has been vacant since the 1960s.