séance

[ sey-ahns ]

/ ˈseɪ ɑns /

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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Words related to séance

gathering, meeting, ritual, session

Words nearby séance

são tomé, são tomé and príncipe, são vicente, sève, sèvres, séance, sémillon, sérac, sévigné, sézary cell, sézary syndrome

Origin of séance

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH séance

science séance

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Examples from the Web for seance

Those present at this seance will not admit they were cheated.
Metapsychical Phenomena|J. Maxwell
It was agreed to in Council, as also that the seance royale should be held on the 22nd, and the meetings till then be suspended.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson
The seance was opened by the singing of hymns, and before long the medium went under control.
Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers|Bhakta Vishita
This closed the first seance, and my trainer took me in the dressing-room to attend a consultation of physicians.
Remarks|Bill Nye

While a member of the Indiana Legislature in 1867 he attended a seance, where he received a message from his dead mother.
A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead|C. G. Helleberg

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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