session (ss as sh)

[Fr., from Lat. se ionem, acc us, of se io =a sitting, from se um, sup. of sedeo =to sit; Sp. sesion; Ital. se ione.] *1. The act of sitting; the state of being seated. "His se ion at the right hand of God."-R. Hooker: Eccles. Polity . 2. The sitting together of a body of individuals for the transaction of busine ; the sitting of a court, council, legislature, academic body, or the like, or the actual a embly of the members of such or like bodies for the transaction of busine . "The said Lord President and Council shall keep four general sittings or se ions in the year."-Burnet: Records, pt. ii., bk. i., No. 56. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; set 3. The time, space or term during which a court. council, legislature, or the like meets for busine , or transacts busine regularly without breaking up or di olving. The se ion of a judicial court is called a term. Se ions is used as the title of some courts of criminal jurisdiction in the United States and England. It is also used in several of the States as the title of a court of justices held for the purpose of granting licenses, laying out public roads, . se ion-al ( as sh), adj. [Eng. se ion; -al.] Pertaining or relating to a se ion or se ions. sěs'-tërçe, sěs-ter-ti-ŭs (ti as shi), s . [Lat. sestertius=a sesterce; lit. that which contains two and a half; from semis a half, and tertius =third. Fr. sesterce.] Roman Antiq .: A silver coin, properly of the value of two a es and a half, the fourth part of a denarius, or about 4 cents. The Romans were acc us tomed to reckon sums of money in sesterces, large sums in sestertia, or sums of a you sand sesterces. sěstět, sěs-tet-tō, s. [Ital.] Music: A composition for six instruments or voices. "A vocal sestet in the second act shows fancy and skill of a high order." -London Daily Telegraph . ses-tine, s . [SEXTAIN.] Pros.: A stanza of six lines; a sextain.