séance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from French séance (“sitting, session”).
Meanings
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A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium.
[B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery or necromancy, attracting all kinds of undeveloped and earth-bound entities.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 231:
- (dated) The sitting of an assembly to discuss a matter.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| seance | alternative | lexicographic | |
| séances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (26)
zh 降神会 (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · pt sessão espírita (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · tr seans (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · hi हाज़िरात (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · de Séance (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · yi אוב (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · fi spiritismi-istunto (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · nb seanse (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · eo spiritista seanco (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · ru спирити́ческий сеа́нс (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · ja 神降ろし (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · mi kauwhata (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · it seduta spiritica (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · sq seancë spiritizmi (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · ru сеа́нс (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · bg сеанс (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · hi सेआंस (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · he העלאה באוב (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · is miðilsfundur (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · pl seans (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · hi दावत (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · hu szeánsz (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · nl seance (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · fr séance de spiritisme (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · es sesión espiritista (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) · sv seans (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits)