ses·sion (s sh  n)n. 1. a. A meeting of a legislative or judicial body for the purpose of transacting business. b. A series of such meetings. c. The term or duration of time that is taken by such a series of meetings. 2. The part of a year or of a day during which a school holds classes. 3. An assembly of people for a common purpose or because of a common interest: a gossip session. 4. Law A court of criminal jurisdiction in the United States: the court of sessions. 5. A period of time devoted to a specific activity, as to recording music in a studio. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sessi  , sessin-, act of sitting, from sessus, past participle of sed re, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]ses sion·al adj.ses sion·al·ly adv. |
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