sederunt

[ si-deer-uhnt ]

noun

1. a prolonged discussion or session for discussion.
2. a sitting of a church assembly or other body.

sederunt

/ sɪˈdɛərənt; sɪˈderʊnt /

noun

1. a sitting of an ecclesiastical assembly, court, etc
2. the list of persons present

Word History and Origins

Origin of sederunt¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sederunt¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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