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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The trailer, which was not released online, opened with the cast discovering the old seance room of a mansion that hasn’t been touched in centuries. 
Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022 Trust us, witches — no exorcism, seance, or plain 'ol Trick-Or-Treating sesh is complete without content that will fill the feeds of your friends with ghostly pics and conjure up some laughs. Seventeen, 7 Sep. 2022 Before long, the two hosts were talking about having a seance for all of the folks in their phones who have passed on. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 25 May 2022 The stranded soccer players of Yellowjackets, the remarkable series about to wrap its first season on Showtime, improvise their own version of a Ouija seance. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2022 Piggy’s featured scene is the attraction’s seance, a tribute to the floating Leota head. Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2021 Last year, Shudder produced the film ‘Host,’ about a Zoom seance. John Jurgensen, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021 The classic play, which was turned into a movie in 1945, is about a writer who invites a medium to conduct a seance at his home for inspiration for his next novel, is being adapted and directed by CSU associate professor of theatre Russ Borski. cleveland, 27 Aug. 2021 Next, the psychic at the seance asks if Luann has an uncle figure in her life. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2021 See More
Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022 Trust us, witches — no exorcism, seance, or plain 'ol Trick-Or-Treating sesh is complete without content that will fill the feeds of your friends with ghostly pics and conjure up some laughs. Seventeen, 7 Sep. 2022 Before long, the two hosts were talking about having a seance for all of the folks in their phones who have passed on. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 25 May 2022 The stranded soccer players of Yellowjackets, the remarkable series about to wrap its first season on Showtime, improvise their own version of a Ouija seance. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2022 Piggy’s featured scene is the attraction’s seance, a tribute to the floating Leota head. Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2021 Last year, Shudder produced the film ‘Host,’ about a Zoom seance. John Jurgensen, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021 The classic play, which was turned into a movie in 1945, is about a writer who invites a medium to conduct a seance at his home for inspiration for his next novel, is being adapted and directed by CSU associate professor of theatre Russ Borski. cleveland, 27 Aug. 2021 Next, the psychic at the seance asks if Luann has an uncle figure in her life. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, from seoir to sit, assemble, from Old French, from Latin sedēre — more at sit
First Known Use
1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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