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sessional

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ses⋅sion

  [sesh-uhn]
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–noun
1. the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session.
2. a single continuous sitting, or period of sitting, of persons so assembled.
3. a continuous series of sittings or meetings of a court, legislature, or the like.
4. the period or term during which such a series is held.
5. sessions, (in English law) the sittings or a sitting of justices in court, usually to deal with minor offenses, grant licenses, etc.
6. a single continuous course or period of lessons, study, etc., in the work of a day at school: two afternoon sessions a week.
7. a portion of the year into which instruction is organized at a college or other educational institution.
8. the governing body of a local Presbyterian church, composed of the pastor who moderates and the elders.
9. a period of time during which a group of persons meets to pursue a particular activity: A few of the kids got together for a study session.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML sessiōn- (s. of sessiō) law-court sitting, L: sitting, equiv. to sess(us) (ptp. of sedēre to sit 1 ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
ses⋅sion⋅al, adjective
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ses·sion   (sěsh'ən)   
n.  

    1. A meeting of a legislative or judicial body for the purpose of transacting business.

    2. A series of such meetings.

    3. The term or duration of time that is taken by such a series of meetings.

  2. The part of a year or of a day during which a school holds classes.

  3. An assembly of people for a common purpose or because of a common interest: a gossip session.

  4. Law A court of criminal jurisdiction in the United States: the court of sessions.

  5. A period of time devoted to a specific activity, as to recording music in a studio.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sessiō, sessiōn-, act of sitting, from sessus, past participle of sedēre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
ses'sion·al adj., ses'sion·al·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
session

  1. n.
    a drinking bout. : He was just sobering up from a session with the bottle.
  2. n.
    a marijuana-smoking session; time spent on a drug high. (Collegiate.) : What a fine session that was!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

session 
c.1386, "periodical sitting of a court," from O.Fr. session, from L. sessionem (nom. sessio) "act of sitting," from pp. stem of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Sense of "period set aside for some activity" is first recorded 1920, in bull session, probably from quarter sessions courts (see quarter). Musical sense of "recording occasion in a studio" is from 1927.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ses·sion
Function: noun
: a meeting or series of meetings of a body (as a court or legislature) for the transaction of business; also : the period between the first meeting of a legislative or judicial body and the final adjournment —see also REGULAR SESSION, SPECIAL SESSION
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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