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   session

   /ˈsɛʃən/

   noun

   • 1. a meeting of an official body, especially a legislature, council, or court of law, to conduct its business: "the governor called this week's special session to reconsider the decision" Similar meetingsittingassemblyconclaveplenaryhearingconferencediscussionforumsymposiumsederuntdietcaucus
   • ▪ a period during which an official body meets regularly to conduct its business: "legislation to curb wildcat strikes will be introduced during the coming parliamentary session"
   • ▪ the part of a year or of a day during which teaching takes place in a school or college. Similar academic yearschool yeartermschool termsemestertrimester
   • 2. a period devoted to a particular activity: "gym is followed by a training session" Similar periodtimespellstretchbout
   • ▪ a period of recording music in a studio, especially by a session musician: "he did the sessions for a Great Country Hits album"
   • ▪ a period of heavy or sustained drinking: informal "it was one hell of a session— we must have drunk about 12 cocktails each" Similar drinking boutbingeinformal:seshbooze-upbeer-upliquid lunchdrunkblindsouseskitejagvulgar slang:piss-uparchaic:fuddlepotation
   • 3. the governing body of a Presbyterian Church.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sessio(n-), from sess- ‘seated’ (see sessile).

   Derivatives

   • 1. sessional adjective

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