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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Mr Hickery having been chosen to supply the void caused by the death of Mr Hirple, in the very first sederunt of the council after his election, he kithed in his true colours.
From The Provost by Galt, John
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
The Ballot Question—oldest of dialectic nightmares—is often found astride of a somnolent sederunt.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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)
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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