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- Dictionaryseance/ˈseɪɒns/
noun
- 1. a meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead, especially through the agency of a medium.
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SÉANCE definition: 1. a meeting where people try to talk with dead people: 2. a meeting where people try to talk with…. Learn more.
séance. noun. sé· ance ˈsā-ˌän (t)s. -ˌäⁿs, sā-ˈän (t)s, -ˈäⁿs. 1. : session, sitting. 2. : a spiritualist meeting to receive spirit communications. Examples of séance in a Sentence.
Séance definition: a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.. See examples of SÉANCE used in a sentence.
A seance is a kind of magical ritual that involves summoning ghosts or spirits of people who have died. You and your friends might have a seance in an attempt to speak to Amelia Earhart.
a meeting or session; now specif., a meeting at which a medium seeks to communicate with the spirits of the dead. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'seance' American English: seɪɑns British English: seɪɑːns. More. Examples of 'seance' in a sentence.
séance. n. 1. (Alternative Belief Systems) a meeting at which spiritualists attempt to receive messages from the spirits of the dead. 2. a meeting of a society. [C19: from French, literally: a sitting, from Old French seoir to sit, from Latin sedēre]
A séance or seance (/ ˈ s eɪ. ɑː n s /; French:) is an attempt to communicate with spirits. The word séance comes from the French word for "session", from the Old French seoir, "to sit". In French, the word's meaning is quite general: one may, for example, speak of "une séance de cinéma" (lit. ' a movie session ').