session
noun
the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business.
sessional
-
a word derived from
session.
Example Sentences
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"Private day nurseries were the most expensive, charging an average of £44 a day, whilst sessional care and out of school care offered lower daily rates," said the department's review.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2023
The board said Dr McCloskey works on a sessional basis for Western Urgent Care, which is the organisation responsible for GP out-of-hours Services in the Western area.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2021
It did not keep them out certainly, for they were admitted in the teeth of it; but so long as that sessional order was in force, prohibition to strangers was the theory.
From Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850 by Various
It has one court of quarter sessions, and is divided into five petty sessional divisions.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
A few are constituted for an entire year and are known as sessional committees.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
