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sé·ance (sā′äns)

noun

a meeting or session; now specif., a meeting at which a medium seeks to communicate with the spirits of the dead

Etymology: Fr, lit., a sitting < seoir < L sedere, to sit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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