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Siege Perilous   /sidʒ pˈɛrələs/   Listen
Siege Perilous

noun
1.
The legendary seat at King Arthur's Round Table reserved for the knight who would find the Holy Grail; it was fatal for anyone else to sit in it.





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"Siege Perilous" Quotes from Famous Books



... to found his famous Order of the Round Table, and to each he gave one of the sieges or carved chairs, upon the back of which, as each knight took his seat, appeared his name in magical letters of gold. Soon all the seats were filled excepting one, the Siege Perilous, in which no man might sit under peril of his life, unless he were blameless and free from all sin. When by death or otherwise any of the other sieges became vacant, a new knight was chosen to occupy it, and the magic letters changed to ...
— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 • Charles Sylvester


Words linked to "Siege Perilous" :   seat


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