"séance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈseɪˌɑns/ [US] Audio: En-us-séance.oga Forms: séances [plural]
Etymology: From French séance (“sitting, session”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|séance||sitting, session}} French séance (“sitting, session”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} séance (plural séances)
  1. A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium. Categories (topical): Afterlife, Death Translations (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits): seancë spiritizmi [feminine] (Albanian), сеанс (seans) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 降神会 (jiàngshén huì) (Chinese), seance [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), spiritista seanco (Esperanto), spiritismi-istunto (Finnish), séance de spiritisme [feminine] (French), Séance [feminine] (German), העלאה באוב [feminine] (Hebrew), सेआंस (seāns) (Hindi), दावत (dāvat) (Hindi), हाज़िरात (hāzirāt) (Hindi), szeánsz (Hungarian), miðilsfundur [masculine] (Icelandic), seduta spiritica [feminine] (Italian), 神降ろし (kami oroshi) (Japanese), kauwhata (Maori), seanse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), seans [masculine] (Polish), sessão espírita [feminine] (Portuguese), сеа́нс (seáns) [masculine] (Russian), спирити́ческий сеа́нс (spiritíčeskij seáns) [masculine] (Russian), sesión espiritista [feminine] (Spanish), seans [common-gender] (Swedish), seans (Turkish), אוב (ub) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-séance-en-noun-Ujw2qU58 Disambiguation of Afterlife: 66 13 21 Disambiguation of Death: 42 20 38 Disambiguation of 'a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits': 94 6
  2. (dated) The sitting of an assembly to discuss a matter. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-séance-en-noun-a5rjtWEo Disambiguation of Death: 42 20 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Chinese translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 51 27 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 18 59 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 54 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 60 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 61 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 24 55 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 55 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Chinese translations: 11 74 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 65 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 64 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 55 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 66 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 72 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 28 52 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 15 63 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 58 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 24 55 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 74 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 74 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 24 55 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 26 52 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 47 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 56 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 74 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 70 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 56 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 24 56 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 26 56 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: seance

Verb

IPA: /ˈseɪˌɑns/ [US] Audio: En-us-séance.oga Forms: séances [present, singular, third-person], séancing [participle, present], séanced [participle, past], séanced [past]
Etymology: From French séance (“sitting, session”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|séance||sitting, session}} French séance (“sitting, session”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} séance (third-person singular simple present séances, present participle séancing, simple past and past participle séanced)
  1. To hold a séance (communication with spirits). Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-séance-en-verb-1k4wblAx Disambiguation of Death: 42 20 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: seance

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 231:",
          "text": "[B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery or necromancy, attracting all kinds of undeveloped and earth-bound entities.",
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        "A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium."
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        "The sitting of an assembly to discuss a matter."
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        "(dated) The sitting of an assembly to discuss a matter."
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seancë spiritizmi"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "сеанс"
    },
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      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "jiàngshén huì",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "word": "降神会"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "seance"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "word": "spiritista seanco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "word": "spiritismi-istunto"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "séance de spiritisme"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Séance"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "העלאה באוב"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "seāns",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "word": "सेआंस"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dāvat",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "word": "दावत"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "hāzirāt",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "word": "हाज़िरात"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "word": "szeánsz"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miðilsfundur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seduta spiritica"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kami oroshi",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "word": "神降ろし"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "word": "kauwhata"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seanse"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seans"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sessão espírita"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "seáns",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сеа́нс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spiritíčeskij seáns",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спирити́ческий сеа́нс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "sesión espiritista"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
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      "word": "seans"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "word": "seans"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ub",
      "sense": "a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits",
      "word": "אוב"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
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    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
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        "To hold a séance (communication with spirits)."
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      "word": "seance"
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  ],
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}

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