séance
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.
Origin of séance
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Words that may be confused with séance
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How to use séance in a sentence
You would see it small, shrunken, dropped together, just like the body of a materialising medium at a seance.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodMargaret Halley stared reflectively at the blotting-pad for a moment, and then described a typical seance at Kazmah's.
Dope | Sax RohmerWhen Old Stone Face had been staring at them during the seance—seance?
Sense from Thought Divide | Mark Irvin CliftonThis was all carried out preliminary to a seance, and a final examination of the room was made.
Psychic Phenomena | Edward T. BennettImmediately on beginning the seance the young girl was taken possession of by an entity claiming to be Turner.
Elementary Theosophy | L. W. Rogers
British Dictionary definitions for seance
sance
/ (ˈseɪɑ̃ns, -ɑːns) /
a meeting at which spiritualists attempt to receive messages from the spirits of the dead
a meeting of a society
Origin of seance
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