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séance
[ sey-ahns ]
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
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Origin of séance1
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Example Sentences
Was a séance held or Ouija board used before the disturbance began?
She sent at once for Lees and a séance was held in the Palace.
Brown would mount a séance and the dead prince would speak for himself.
Years later, George VI happened on a detailed record of a John Brown séance that had somehow managed to survive.
These are the poorer class of models—the riff-raff of the Quarter—who get anywhere from a few sous to a few francs for a séance.
He was present upon serious business, in fact, nothing short of assisting at a séance.
It was not to be wondered at that the séance was very brief, and the meeting adjourned.
My first experimental séance with this remarkable medium took place on the 27th of July, 1897.
We were speaking, a few pages back, of the séance drawings and descriptions of Jupiter made by Victorien Sardou.
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