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

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)

In fact the time passed somewhat drearily, and the sederunt broke up at the unprecedentedly early hour of eleven o'clock.

From The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales by Dent, John Charles

Morning sederunt with Lord Russell and Brand on reform and other matters.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John

"This sederunt of the synod is private," he said.

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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