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

Example Sentences

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sederunt

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

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 418 Volume 17, New Series, January 3, 1852 by Robert Chambers

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

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

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro

"I had a lang sederunt wi' our worthy deacon the day," said Andrew.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by John Mackay Wilson

We had in the council many a long and weighty sederunt on the subject, without coming to any practical conclusion. 

From The Provost by John Galt