seance
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ɑns noun
1.
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
2.
a session or sitting, as of a class or organization.
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seance or séance (ˈseɪɑ̃ns, -ɑːns, ˈseɪɑ̃ns, -ɑːns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a meeting at which spiritualists attempt to receive messages from the spirits of the dead |
| 2. | a meeting of a society |
| [C19: from French, literally: a sitting, from Old French seoir to sit, from Latin sedēre] | |
| séance or séance | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from French, literally: a sitting, from Old French seoir to sit, from Latin sedēre] | |
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| seance or séance (ˈseɪɑ̃ns, -ɑːns, ˈseɪɑ̃ns, -ɑːns) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a meeting at which spiritualists attempt to receive messages from the spirits of the dead |
| 2. | a meeting of a society |
| [C19: from French, literally: a sitting, from Old French seoir to sit, from Latin sedēre] | |
| séance or séance | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from French, literally: a sitting, from Old French seoir to sit, from Latin sedēre] | |
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Word Origin & History
seance
1789, "sitting, session," as of a learned society, from Fr. séance "a sitting," from seoir "to sit," from L. sedere (see sit). Meaning "spiritualistic session" first recorded 1845.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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seance
(French: "sitting"), in occultism, meeting centred on a medium (q.v.), who seeks to communicate with spirits of the dead. Because strong light is said to hinder communication, a seance usually takes place in darkness or subdued light. It generally involves six or eight persons, who normally form a circle and hold hands
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Example sentences
As to dead languages, to my knowledge, only a séance claims to speak and hear them.
Through replication, he also exposed as fraudulent the field of seance magic.
His current target is a gang of slicksters who are running a successful seance racket.
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