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Grammar : Noun
Spell : sesh-uh nz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛʃ ənz

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Définition of sessions

Origin :
  • late 14c., "periodical sitting of a court," from Old French session "act or state of sitting; assembly," from Latin sessionem (nominative sessio) "act of sitting; a seat; loitering; a session," noun of action from past participle stem of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Sense of "period set aside for some activity" is first recorded 1920, in bull session, probably from quarter sessions courts (see quarter (n.)). Musical sense of "recording occasion in a studio" is from 1927.
  • noun meeting, gathering
Example sentences :
  • The sessions of the General Conference are held quadrennially.
  • Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  • Not that father was accustomed to sleep during the sessions—Oh, dear, no!
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The second won't come for two sessions after, but it will be law all the same.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • They had been for some sessions trading on their Protestantism.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. » by Charles James Lever
  • Albaugh's Opera House was crowded to its capacity at all of the sixteen sessions.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • "Yes, sir; an aggravated case," said I, using the phrase of the Sessions.
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • This does not mean, however, that our sessions are totally "unstructured."
  • Extract from : « Marriage Enrichment Retreats » by David Mace
  • At one of these sessions a fresh indignity was put upon him.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • The Governor could take no action in the premises, and referred him to the Judge of the Sessions.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
  • The delegates arrived after the close of the sessions of the congress.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various

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