sederunt

[ si-deer-uhnt ]

noun

1. a prolonged discussion or session for discussion.
2. a sitting of a church assembly or other body.

sederunt

/ sɪˈdɛərənt; sɪˈderʊnt /

noun

1. a sitting of an ecclesiastical assembly, court, etc
2. the list of persons present

Word History and Origins

Origin of sederunt¹

First recorded in 1620–30; from Latin sēdērunt “they sat, have sat; there sat (followed by a list of participants),” equivalent to sēd- (perfect stem of sedēre “to sit, be seated”) + -ērunt 3rd-person plural perfect suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of sederunt¹

C17: from Latin sēdērunt they were sitting, from sedēre to sit

Example Sentences

While the program includes some well-worn Minimalist favorites by Steve Reich and Terry Riley, the most intriguing item is a premiere from Salonen himself: “Saltat sobrius,” a fantasy on Pérotin’s medieval “Sederunt Principes.”

From New York Times

Sederunt, sē-dē′runt, n. in Scotland, the sitting of a court.—Acts of sederunt, ordinances of the Scottish Court of Session.

From Project Gutenberg

In return for the attentions of our legal Barmecide, we submitted to ensconce ourselves for a couple of days in a hot room somewhere about the Cloisters, in the course of which sederunt we held an animated conversation with several gentlemen in wigs, for the edification—as we were given to understand—of five other gentlemen in hats, who sat yawning behind a green table.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1723 the court of session passed an Act of Sederunt for the purpose of regulating the procedure in fiars courts.

From Project Gutenberg

By and by Dr. Simpson having regained his seat, Dr. Duncan having finished his uncomfortable and unrefreshing slumber, and Dr. Keith having come to an arrangement with the table and its contents, the sederunt was resumed.

From Project Gutenberg