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STALLS
A term used to refer to the fixed seats in the choir of a church. They are aften ornamented with face carvings on their front and back and on the misericordia, under the seat where grotesque images were sometimes depicted.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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