séance
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séance
- /ˈseɪˌɑns/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːns
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French séance (“sitting, session”).
noun séances · seance
- A ritualistic ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium and often with the goal of getting the spirits cause physically observable phenomena. [B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery or necromancy, attracting all kinds of undeveloped and earth-bound entities.
- The sitting of an assembly to discuss a matter.
verb séances · séancing · séanced · seance
- To hold a séance (communication with spirits).
Translations
Every language
noun a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits
| Español | sesión espiritista |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 神降ろし kami oroshi |
| हिन्दी | सेआंस seāns, दावत dāvat, हाज़िरात hāzirāt |
| Português | sessão espírita |
| Français | séance de spiritisme |
| Deutsch | Séance |
| Italiano | seduta spiritica |
| Русский | сеа́нс seáns, спирити́ческий сеа́нс spiritíčeskij seáns |
| עברית | העלאה באוב |
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