have its seat in
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According to the Papuans the soul, which they imagine to have its seat in the blood, continues to exist at the bottom of the sea, and every one who dies goes thither.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Sir James George Frazer
They therefore can no longer be attributed to radiant matter, and we are led to think that the energy brought into play in this phenomenon must have its seat in the light-bearing ether itself.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré
V. be situated, be situate; lie, have its seat in.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
The blessed Hope must have its seat in the heart and affection.
From The Lord of Glory Meditations on the person, the work and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ by Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Perhaps, after all, it is a question of the age-old longing for immortality, and therefore it must have its seat in a place higher than this world of death.
From The Strength of the Pines by Edison Marshall
