sederunt

[ si-deer-uhnt ]
noun

  1. a prolonged discussion or session for discussion.

  2. a sitting of a church assembly or other body.

Origin of sederunt

1
First recorded in 1620–30; from Latin sēdērunt “they sat, have sat; there sat (followed by a list of participants),” equivalent to sēd- (perfect stem of sedēre “to sit, be seated”) + -ērunt 3rd-person plural perfect suffix

Words Nearby sederunt

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How to use sederunt in a sentence

  • Its rules of court for the regulation of judicial proceedings are called 'acts of sederunt.'

  • There never was such a complete sederunt: ten out of the sixteen was the average attendance, rising sometimes to twelve.

  • Yes get neither pen nor ink here, Mr. Keelevin, till my rights are cognost in a record o sederunt and session.

    The Entail | John Galt

  • Thats no our present sederunt; but I would ask you, if ye do not think I hae the justice o this plea?

    The Entail | John Galt

  • For a time she bustled round him, with all her vexation gone, saying nothing of his sederunt with her brothers.

    Gilian The Dreamer | Neil Munro

British Dictionary definitions for sederunt

sederunt

/ (sɪˈderʊnt, sɪˈdɛərənt) /

noun(in Scotland)

  1. a sitting of an ecclesiastical assembly, court, etc

  2. the list of persons present

Origin of sederunt

1
C17: from Latin sēdērunt they were sitting, from sedēre to sit

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