Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Seance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
S'eance \S['e]`ance"\, n. [F., fr. L. sedens, -entis, p. pr. of
sedere to sit. See {Sit}.]
A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of
spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
seance
n : a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the
medium's parlor" [syn: {sitting}, {session}]
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