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View synonyms for séance

séance

[ sey-ahns ]

noun

  1. a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
  2. a session or sitting, as of a class or organization.


seance

/ ˈseɪɑ̃ns; -ɑːns /

noun

  1. a meeting at which spiritualists attempt to receive messages from the spirits of the dead
  2. a meeting of a society
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of séance1

1795–1805; < French: session, equivalent to sé-, base of seoir to sit 1 (< Latin sedēre ) + -ance -ance
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Word History and Origins

Origin of séance1

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

At each séance, more and more men pressed eagerly round the table.

By the fourth night, one of them was awarded a paranormal license for maxing out their Medium skill after several séances.

You would see it small, shrunken, dropped together, just like the body of a materialising medium at a seance.

Margaret Halley stared reflectively at the blotting-pad for a moment, and then described a typical seance at Kazmah's.

When Old Stone Face had been staring at them during the seance—seance?

This was all carried out preliminary to a seance, and a final examination of the room was made.

Immediately on beginning the seance the young girl was taken possession of by an entity claiming to be Turner.

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