Sentence:  In early medieval Rome the Liber pontificalis designates in different ways the place where banquets were held, such as the Basilica Vigilii, where the Emperor Constans II (641-668), when visiting the Lateran, could wash and eat, while <WSD>accubita</WSD> (dining sofas) were placed by Leo III into an elegant domus near the Basilica of San Pietro. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A bench or sofa for reclining at a table.