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- Dictionaryse·ance/ˈsāˌäns/
noun
- 1. a meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead, especially through the agency of a medium.
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SÉANCE definition: 1. a meeting where people try to talk with dead people: 2. a meeting where people try to talk with…. Learn more.
séance. noun. sé· ance ˈsā-ˌän (t)s. -ˌäⁿs, sā-ˈän (t)s, -ˈäⁿs. 1. : session, sitting. 2. : a spiritualist meeting to receive spirit communications. Examples of séance in a Sentence.
A séance or seance ( / ˈseɪ.ɑːns /; French: [seɑ̃s]) is an attempt to communicate with spirits. The word séance comes from the French word for "session", from the Old French seoir, "to sit". In French, the word's meaning is quite general: one may, for example, speak of " une séance de cinéma " ( lit.'a movie session' ).
noun. a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead. a session or sitting, as of a class or organization. seance. / ˈseɪɑ̃ns; -ɑːns / noun. a meeting at which spiritualists attempt to receive messages from the spirits of the dead. a meeting of a society. Discover More. Spelling Note. See resume 2.
A seance is a kind of magical ritual that involves summoning ghosts or spirits of people who have died. You and your friends might have a seance in an attempt to speak to Amelia Earhart. Someone who believes in spirits that linger even after people's physical bodies are gone may also be enthusiastic about seances.
1. a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead. 2. a session or sitting, as of a class or organization. [1795–1805; < French: session = sé-, base of seoir to sit (< Latin sedēre) + -ance -ance]
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