SIEGE PERILOUS


Meaning of SIEGE PERILOUS in English

[Arthurian] In the Arthurian Romances, a seat at the Round Table that was kept vacant for him who should accomplish the quest of the Holy Grail. For any less a person to sit in it was fatal. At the crown of his achievement Sir Galahad took his seat in the Siege Perilous.

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