/ 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.
/ 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. 2005