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séance

[ sey-ahns ]
/ ˈseɪ ɑns /
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noun

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.

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RELATED WORDS

gathering, meeting, ritual, session

Nearby words

são tomé and príncipe, são vicente, sève, sèvres, sèvres ware, séance, sémillon, sérac, sévigné, sévigné, marie de rabutin-chantal, marquise de, sézary cell

Origin of séance

1795–1805; < French: session, equivalent to sé-, base of seoir to sit1 (< Latin sedēre) + -ance -ance

Can be confused

science séance
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British Dictionary definitions for seance

seance

sance

/ (ˈseɪɑ̃ns, -ɑːns) /

noun

a meeting at which spiritualists attempt to receive messages from the spirits of the dead
a meeting of a society

Word Origin for seance

C19: from French, literally: a sitting, from Old French seoir to sit, from Latin sedēre
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