SESSION
\sˈɛʃən], \sˈɛʃən], \s_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SESSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term"
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a meeting devoted to a particular activity; "a filming session"; "a gossip session"
By Princeton University
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the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term"
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a meeting devoted to a particular activity; "a filming session"; "a gossip session"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
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Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term.
By Oddity Software
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The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
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Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term.
By Noah Webster.
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The time during which any school, court, council, or lawmaking body holds its sittings; the sitting of such a body.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The sitting or assembly of a court or public body: the time it sits: the period of time between the meeting and adjournment of Congress: (Scotland) the lowest ecclesiastical court of a Presbyterian church.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Act of sitting, or state of being seated;- actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, ini., for the transaction of business; -the time or term during which a court, council, legislature, and the like, meet daily for business. Petty Sessions, meetings of two or three justices of the peace for the trial of petty offenders, and inquiry into graver charges previous to remitting the accused to the central or circuit court;-quarter sessions, quarterly meetings of the justices with fuller powers to try all felonies and trespasses, except capital offences;-special sessions, meetings of the justices to grant licenses, visit the prisons, &c. ;-Court of Session, the supreme civil court in Scotland; -kirk or church session, the first and lowest court for government and discipline in Presbyterian churches, consisting of the minister and a body of elders in a particular congregation.
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