sederunt

American  

[si-deer-uhnt] / sɪˈdɪər ənt /

noun

1. a prolonged discussion or session for discussion.

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

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sederunt British  

/ sɪˈdɛərənt, sɪˈderʊnt /

noun

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

2. the list of persons present

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Etymology

Origin of sederunt

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

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Example Sentences

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sederunt

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

From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by David Masson

Sir Robert Farquhar, formerly a Bailie of Aberdeen, was treasurer, and in the sederunt held in that city, the committee threw a comprehensive net over the clan Mackenzie.

From History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Alexander Mackenzie

This letter is a report of a long sederunt, also steterunt in small committee at Davos Platz, Dec.

From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson

"Yes, I'm sleepy," he would yawn in Skeighan Mart; "I had a sederunt yestreen wi' John Gourlay," and he would slap his boot with his riding-switch and feel like a hero.

From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown

It was indeed a solemn moment, Mysel', six worthy women present,— A wise, discreet, respectable sederunt.

From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Violet Flint

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