Emily Dickinson Lexicon

seat, n. [ON; see sit, v.] (webplay: guests, hills, judgment, time).

1. Destined place; [metonymy] destiny; future; mansion.
2. Phrase. “Judgment Seat”: throne; judge's chair; advocate's bar; justice bench; place where all mortals will have an interview on the Day of Judgment (see Romans 14:10).