sederunt
Americannoun
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a prolonged discussion or session for discussion.
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a sitting of a church assembly or other body.
noun
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a sitting of an ecclesiastical assembly, court, etc
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the list of persons present
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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No fewer than fourteen special commissions were issued for the sole purpose of trying witches for the sederunt of November the 7th, 1661; and on the 23rd of January, 1662, fourteen more were made out.
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
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 Flint, Violet
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 Munro, Neil
The man called Thomas Corbet, the eldest son Anthony, Ginty Cooper the fortune-teller, Ambrose Gray, and Anthony himself, composed this interesting sederunt.
From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
They held a sederunt, and were filled with tremulous joy, for, in spite of their familiarity with all the other worlds and cycles, they had a very human awe of things sent from ghostland.
From The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English by Castle, Egerton
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