SEANCE


Meaning of SEANCE in English

/ ˈseɪɒ͂s; NAmE ˈseɪɑːns/ noun

a meeting at which people try to make contact with and talk to the spirits of dead people

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: French séance , from Old French seoir , from Latin sedere sit.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.