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Siege Perilous

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Siege Perilous  (sj)
n.
In Arthurian legend, a seat at King Arthur's Round Table kept for the knight destined to find the Holy Grail and fatal for any other occupant.
Siege Perilous
n
(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) (in Arthurian legend) the seat at the Round Table that could be filled only by the knight destined to find the Holy Grail and that was fatal to anyone else
[from siege (in the archaic sense: a seat or throne)]
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Noun1.Siege Perilous - 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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