seance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a meeting of spiritualists
    session; sitting.
    • the seance was held in the medium's parlor

WordNet

Sé`ance" noun (Also<
  • Seance
  • Séance
)
Etymology
F., fr. L. sedens, -entis, p.pr. of sedere to sit. See Sit.
Definitions
  1. A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.

Webster 1913