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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



... made the young man to unarm him; and he was in a coat of red sendel, and bare a mantle upon his shoulder that was furred with ermine, and put that upon him. And the old knight said unto the young knight, Sir, follow me. And anon he led him unto the siege perilous, where beside sat Sir Launcelot, and the good man lift up the cloth, and found there letters that said thus: This is the siege of Galahad the haut prince. Sir, said the old knight, wit ye well that place is yours. And then ...
— Song and Legend From the Middle Ages • William D. McClintock and Porter Lander McClintock


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