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séance
[ sey-ahns ]
noun
- a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- a session or sitting, as of a class or organization.
seance
/ ˈseɪɑ̃ns; -ɑːns /
noun
- a meeting at which spiritualists attempt to receive messages from the spirits of the dead
- a meeting of a society
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Spelling Note
See resume 2.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of séance1
C19: from French, literally: a sitting, from Old French seoir to sit, from Latin sedēre
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Example Sentences
You would see it small, shrunken, dropped together, just like the body of a materialising medium at a seance.
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Margaret Halley stared reflectively at the blotting-pad for a moment, and then described a typical seance at Kazmah's.
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When Old Stone Face had been staring at them during the seance—seance?
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This was all carried out preliminary to a seance, and a final examination of the room was made.
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Immediately on beginning the seance the young girl was taken possession of by an entity claiming to be Turner.
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