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plural séances
A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium. quotations examples
[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. examples
third-person singular simple present séances, present participle séancing, simple past and past participle séanced
To hold a séance (communication with spirits). examples