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seance or séance [say-onss]
Noun
a meeting at which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead [French]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.seanceseance - a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"
sitting, session
spirit rapping, table rapping, table tapping - alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead
table lifting, table tilting, table tipping, table turning - manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits
get together, meeting - a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room"
Translations
seance [ˈseɪɔns] n → sesión f de espiritismo
seance [ˈseɪɔns] n → séance f de spiritisme
seance [ˈseɪɔns] n → seduta spiritica


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During all the rest of the seance my paper traveled from group to group all up and down and about that huge hall, and my happy eye was upon it always, and I sat motionless, steeped in satisfaction, drunk with enjoyment.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
After conceding the favor, and appointing a more favorable time for the meeting, Elizabeth succeeded in getting out of the store, into which the countrymen now began to enter, as usual, where they met with the same attention and bien seance as formerly.
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We shall have to appoint a special seance, then, beginning early.
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