Se defendendo, sē dē-fen-den′dō, n. the plea of a person charged with slaying another, that it was in his own defence.
Sedentaria, sed-en-tā′ri-a, n.pl. the tubicolous worms: the sedentary spiders.
Sedentary, sed′en-tā-ri, adj. sitting much: passed chiefly in sitting: requiring much sitting: inactive: (zool.) not migratory: not errant: lying in wait, as a spider: not free-swimming: motionless, as a protozoan.—adj. Sē′dent, at rest.—adv. Sed′entarily.—n. Sed′entariness. [L. sedentarius—sedēre, to sit.]
Sederunt, sē-dē′runt, n. in Scotland, the sitting of a court.—Acts of sederunt, ordinances of the Scottish Court of Session. [L., 'they sat'—sedēre, to sit.]
Sedes impedita, sē′dez im-pē-dī′ta, a term for a papal or episcopal see when there is a partial cessation by the incumbent of his episcopal duties.—Sedes vacans (sē-dez vā′kanz), a term of canon law to designate a papal or episcopal see when vacant.
Sedge, sej, n. a kind of flag or coarse grass growing in swamps and rivers.—adj. Sedged, composed of sedge or flags.—ns. Sedge′-hen, a marsh-hen; Sedge′-war′bler, a reed-warbler, the sedge-wren.—adj. Sedg′y, overgrown with sedge. [Older form seg—A.S. secg; cf. Low Ger. segge.]
Sedge, sej, n. a flock of herons, bitterns, or cranes. [A variant of siege.]
Sedigitated, sē-dij′i-tā-ted, adj. having six fingers on one hand.
Sedilium, sē-dil′i-um, n. one of a row of seats in a Roman amphitheatre: a seat in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergyman—sometimes Sēdī′le:—pl. Sēdil′ia. [L.]