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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
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Example Sentences
- His current target is a gang of slicksters who are running a successful seance racket.
- She reveled in the comedy and was especially amused by a spiritualistic seance that took place in the crow's nest of the vessel.
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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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