have its seat in

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The Ants, people say, are guided by the sense of smell; and this sense of smell appears to have its seat in the antennae, which we see in continual palpitation.

From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

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 Marshall, Edison

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 Frazer, James George, Sir

So named because supposed to have its seat in the hypochondriac regions.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H by Project Gutenberg

The function of speech seems to have its seat in a portion of the left side of the brain, and when that portion is diseased or injured, it affects the speech in many ways.

From The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen by Finlay, Roger Thompson