In a message dated 2/7/01 3:40:50 PM EST, crnoto@midway.uchicago.edu writes: << In the mean time, I was wondering if some one knew what "incertae sedis" means. >> "Of doubtful position." "Incertitude" means insecurity or doubtfulness, and it's from the same Latin root. "Sedis" is literally a "seat," "place," or "home."