sessionn.

/ˈsɛʃən/

Forms: Middle English–1500s sessioun, Middle English cessiown, sessyone, Middle English cessione, Middle English–1500s cession, sessyon, 1500s cessioun, cecion, cessyon.

Etymology: < French session (= Spanish sesion, Portuguese sessão, Italian sessione), < Latin sessiōnem (sessio), noun of action < sedēre to sit.

a. The action or an act of sitting; the state or posture of being seated; occupation of a seat in an assembly or the like; also a manner of sitting. Now rare.

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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > [noun]

sittingeOE

seatc1175

sitting down1495

session1615

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 996 On the foreside it is gibbous, and that is profitable..for Session and sitting.

1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. ii. 65 To the Bishop whereof was assigned the next place of session in councell after the Bishop of Hierusalem.

1670 A. Marvell Let. 14 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 317 The King has ever since continued his Session among them, and says it is better than going to a Play.

1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. iii. 133 The Antientest Heroes used Session, not Discumbiture.

1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit i, in Tale of Tub 297 The Art of See-saw on a Beam, and swinging by Session upon a Cord.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 137 Vivien..Leapt from her session on his lap.

1859 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth iv. 34 Whether Mrs. Crakanthorpe had indulged herself during her decline by session or recumbency thereon [sc. on a settee] there is, unfortunately, no evidence to show.

b. spec. The ‘sitting’ of Christ at the right hand of God.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > sitting at right hand of God

session?1567

?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cx. 326 Where by the session of the ryghte hande of thy father thou subduest thy enemies.

1605 L. Andrewes Serm. (1629) 369 His Passion and his Session.

1706 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels III. 85 This Ascent, and Session of our Blessed Master at God's Right Hand.

1894 H. B. Swete Apostles' Creed vi. 64 Some of the oldest accounts, which place the Session immediately after the Resurrection.

†c. A place for sitting. Obsolete. rare.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [noun]

settlec897

siege?c1225

daisa1330

sitting placea1382

sellc1384

seata1400

seea1413

session1412

mastaba1603

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 1003 And al aboue, reysed was a se,..Þat callid was..Of þe regne þe sete moste royal... And sessions wer made on euery syde, Only þe statis by ordre to deuyde.

a. The sitting together of a number of persons (esp. of a court, a legislative, administrative, or deliberative body) for conference or the transaction of business. Also (now somewhat rarely), a single continuous sitting of persons assembled for conference or business. Also, a business period on the Stock Exchange and other commercial markets.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > sitting of

sittingc1410

session1444

access1587

diet1587

session1613

sederunt1628

seat1635

séance1789

1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 122/1 To eny Baillif or Baillifs, Lieutenauntz, Deputez or eny othur, in her Sessions and assembleez.

1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. vi. sig. L.iiii When Cesar on a daye wyth the reste of the Senate, were at theyr sessyon in the councell house.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 179/2 in Chron. I The Archbishop of Canturbury kept a Synode at Herforde, the first session wherof began the .24. of September.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion v. 77 Each part most highlie pleas'd, then vp the Session brake.

1661 Bk. Com. Prayer A Prayer for the High Court of Parliament, to be read during their Session.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 514 Then of thir Session ended they bid cry With Trumpets regal sound the great result.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey I. iii. 171 Nor herald sworn, the session to proclaim.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xiii. 341 The frequent session of parliament..furnished a security against illegal taxation.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iii. 111 Already his Majesty,..had held session of Notables.

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. lviii. 240 For the sessions of these dignitaries, each tribe has..a Government or council-house.

1869 T. H. Huxley in Sci. Opinion 21 Apr. 464/1 The British geologists..here in solemn annual session assembled.

1890 P. H. Hunter After Exile ii. ii. 33 They proposed further that this court should not confine its sessions to Jerusalem, but should go on circuit.

1928 Daily Mail 25 July 19/3 At second session Tin cash £217 15s. to £217 17s. 6d.

1981 Times 1 May 20/2 Leading industrials enjoyed one of the best sessions for some time.

b. transferred and figurative.

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1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. E 2 Being in these dumpes he held a session in his thoughtes.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 108 His pigeons, who in session on their roofs Approved him.

c. plural with singular sense and construction. rare (cf. 3c).

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > sitting of

sittingc1410

session1444

access1587

diet1587

session1613

sederunt1628

seat1635

séance1789

1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. K4^v Let's breake this Sessions vp, I am dull.

1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. vi. 86 Is it not comfortable to have our sessions here for once, and to be looking out on a good solid English wet day?

†d. A number of persons sitting in conference.

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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > one who participates in > group of participants

session?1615

Round Table1830

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ii. 40 The old man..weeping, thus bespake the Session.

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 468 Both parties appeared to Ptolemei Philometor, and a Session of his friends, for the hearing and decision of the Cause.

e. = séance n. rare.

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the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > seance

séance1845

sitting1851

circle1856

session1858

spooking1919

1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 9 June in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) v. 302 Browning and his wife had both been present at a spiritual session held by Mr. Hume.

a. A continuous series of sittings or meetings of a court, a legislative, administrative, or deliberative body, held daily or at short intervals; the period or term during which the sittings continue to be held; opposed to recess or vacation.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > sitting of > series of

session1553

1553 in Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 2nd Pt. (1681) 225 The said Lord President and Council shall keep four general Sittings or Sessions in the Year, every of them to continue by the space of one whole Month.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 130 It was in this Christmas session of the Witan that the vacancy would regularly be filled.

1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria c. 60 §4 A session of the Council shall be held once at least in every two years.

b. spec. In English parliamentary use, applied to the period between the opening of Parliament and its prorogation.The term autumn session (instead of ‘autumn sitting’) is sometimes used to designate the exceptional resumption of the sittings of the Houses, after an adjournment, in what is normally the autumn recess; but this use has been described as incorrect by some parliamentary authorities.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > period between opening and prorogation

session1583

session1642

extraordinary session1658

legislative session1787

regular session1811

1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. ii. 42 The last day of that Parliament or session the Prince commeth in person in his Parliament robes.

1676 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 34 Parliament..some says will be dissolved of course by reason of three sessions past without any bill passing.

1683 Repr. Advantages Manuf. Woollen-cloath 1 The 20th Act of the third Sess. of the same Parl.

1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 21 Mar. (1948) II. 520 I doubt the Session will not be over till towards the End of April.

a1832 J. Mackintosh Hist. Revol. Eng. (1834) ii. 44 At the opening of the session, that House had contented themselves with general thanks to the King for his speech.

1878 H. S. Leigh Town Garland 195 Very few Members of Parliament only Will wait for the Session to crawl to its close.

†c. plural with singular sense and construction. Obsolete.

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session1583

session1642

extraordinary session1658

legislative session1787

regular session1811

1642 King Charles I Message conc. Refusall to passe Bill 5 Other Bills passed this Sessions.

1701 Maryland Laws (1723) v. 16 Within Six Months from the End of this Sessions of Assembly.

1732 W. Pulteney in G. Colman Posthumous Lett. (1820) 38 This day is to conclude a very tedious Sessions of Parl^t.

1780 M. Madan Thelyphthora II. 59 I much doubt, whether every sessions of Parliament, for some years past, has not afforded melancholy proofs [etc.].

d. (Formerly only in Scotland and the U.S.) The portion of the academic year during which instruction is given. Also, a portion of the day during which classes are held.summer session: see the first element.

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society > education > educational administration > [noun] > session or term

half-yearc907

season?a1400

Michael term?1406

term1429

Michaelmas term1439

Easter term1530

Hilary1577

summer term1659

session1714

half1820

semester1826

by-term1883

Trinity term1899

winterim1964

1714 J. Morice in W. C. Dickinson Two Students at St. Andrews (1952) 53 Alexander Sharp..being a Double Bajan with M^r Pringle last Session.

1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 12 A student of the highest class may keep his annual session,..which lasts about seven months, for about fifteen pounds.

1807 J. Grierson Delineations St. Andrews 108 The session of this college lasts only about four months,..and the complete course of a student's attendance is, at the shortest, four sessions.

1851 Catal. Univ. Virginia 15 in B. H. Hall Coll. College Words The session commences on the 1st of October, and continues without interruption until the 29th of June.

1861 Temple Bar 3 515 The medical session [at Edinburgh] began on the 1st November.

1862 G. Meredith Let. 23 Dec. (1970) I. 180 I presume that if I send to Bankers at Norwich, according to direction, before the next session, it will do.

1880 (title) The Mason Science College. Calendar for the Session 1880–81.

1891 Edinb. Univ. Cal. 1891–2 30 A Summer Session (1st May to 1st October).

1902 Let. of Sc. School-girl I cannot possibly come while the school session lasts.

1911 Rep. Labour & Social Conditions in Germany (Tariff Reform League) III. vi. 126 Children go to school at seven o'clock in the morning and stay until eleven; then there is a break, the next session commencing at two and going on till five.

1921 W. E. Smythe City Homes on Country Lanes 24 The rural child receives only about 65 per cent. as much schooling as the city child. This is due to the slack attendance and shorter school session.

1931 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 233 When he is six years old he enters the first grade, which is usually a half-day session.

1932 Leader 9 July 1 The college is recognised and aided by the Government Board of Indian Medicine. The next session begins from 1st August, 1932.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 27 June 2- d/6 Temporary shelter became a problem... Ricks College in Rexburg, a junior college on high ground, has opened its doors until its summer session starts.

4. A judicial sitting.

†a. gen. A sitting of a judge or judges to determine causes; a judicial trial or investigation. singular and collective plural (often construed as singular). Obsolete (exc. archaic as contextual use of sense 1 or 2).

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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial or judicial inquiry

session14..

14.. Customs of Malton in Surtees Misc. (1890) 60 Þe sayd Burgoye schall answere..in all sessyons and inqwyres.

1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Hij^v He that sayeth to his brother Racha..is worthye the sessyons.

1557 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Court Admiralty (1897) II. 33 At the Sessyons of the same courte which should be holden the .xiij^th daye of Decembre then next folloinge.

1585 W. Fleetwood in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 296 Uppon Thursdaye laste..we kepte a Sessions of Inquyrie in London in the forenone, and in the afternone we kepte the lyke att Fynsburie for Middlesex, in which two severall Sessionses all such as were to be arrayegned for felonye at the Gaole deliverye were indyted.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. iii. 202 Summon a Session, that we may arraigne Our most disloyall Lady.

1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore iv. ii. 117 Car. Araigne the poore Whore. Ast. Ile not misse that Sessions.

1691 H. Consett Pract. Spiritual Courts (1700) 3 The first general Sessions held in the Court of the Arches..was kept..the next day (if no Holy~day) after the Feast of St. Faith the Virgin.

figurative and in extended use.1591 H. Smith Serm. Lord's Supper ii. 30 This is the priuate araignement or close Sessions, when Conscience sits in her chaire to examine, and accuse, and iudge and condemne her selfe.1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxx. sig. C3 When to the Sessions of sweet silent thought, I sommon vp remembrance. 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxxxix To hold a priuy Sessions vpon my Soule, and actions.1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 38 The hard hearts of others unchastisable in those judicial Courts, were so remitted there, as bound over to the higher Session of Conscience.1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 132 Those particular Sessions on my self, prevent his generall Assizes.1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 22 Daniel..beheld the Session of the Ancient of Days, beheld the Judgment set and the Books opened.

b. sessions of the peace n. (in ordinary language simply sessions) the periodical sittings of justices of the peace (or, in some instances, of a stipendiary magistrate or a recorder). Often construed as singular.In England the sessions of the peace are of the following kinds: petty sessions (now Historical), a court held by two or more justices or a stipendiary magistrate, exercising summary jurisdiction in minor offences within a particular district (a ‘petty sessional division’): replaced by the magistrates' court; special sessions, a periodical meeting of the justices of a division prescribed by statute for the transaction of some particular kind of business (under this head are included brewster sessions or licensing sessions, for the hearing of applications for licences to sell alcoholic drinks); general sessions or quarter sessions (both now Historical), a court held four times a year (in a county, riding, etc. by the justices of the peace, and in certain boroughs by the recorder), having a limited criminal and civil jurisdiction and certain administrative functions: replaced in 1971 by the Crown Court system. Cf. quarter sessions n. 1. ( The sessions, without qualification, usually denoted the quarter sessions.) Quarter sessions were also held in Scotland and Ireland. In certain British colonies the English system of sessions of the peace formerly existed, and was for a time retained in some of the United States.

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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of justices of peace

sessions of the peacec1405

justice court1490

petty sessions1562

magistrates' court1867

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 357 At sessions ther was he lord and sire.

1453 Rolls. of Parl. V. 267/2 The Justicez of the peax in theire Sessions of peax.

1477 Rolls of Parl. VI. 173/2 Diverse of the Kyng's Justices of the peas..sittyng in the Kyng's generall Cessions of pease in the same Counte.

1548 in J. H. Glover Kingsthorpiana (1883) 108 One Gregorye Cosbye..was indyted at a cessyons holden at Northⁿ for huntyng of the hare in the feld of Pysford.

1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 34 A prisoner brake from the halle at Newgate whan the cecions was done.

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Conventus Minores conventus, sessions of the peace.

1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in Miscellanea 116 Sometimes one share of that Money is paid to a single pretender at the Sizes, or Sessions.

1754 Gentleman's Mag. 24 461 The Brewster-Sessions at Bray in Northungria.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. v. 56 A favourite at the Old Bailey, and eke at the Sessions.

rarely in singular.1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1591) iv. i. 374 (margin) The description of a Session of the Peace.1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse v. vi. 21 in Wks. II Pug. How? longer here a moneth? Ing. Yes, boy, till the Session.c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 160 Appleby..is the shire town where the session and assizes are held.

†c. petty or statute sessions: see quots. (cf. 4b). Obsolete.

d. great or grand session(s: a court of justice formerly held half-yearly in each of the counties of Wales, presided over by itinerant judges forming a distinct body from the judges of assize in England. court of session: a court formerly exercising for the County Palatine of Chester a jurisdiction more or less corresponding to that of the courts of assize in the rest of England. Obsolete exc. Historical.Both these courts were abolished in 1830 by the Act 11 Geo. IV & 1 Will. IV, c. 70 §14.

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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of shire or part of shire > in Wales

great or grand session(s1542

1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 26 §4 There shalbe holden..Sessions twyse in everye yere in everye of the saide Shyres in..Wales:..the whiche Sessions shall be called the Kinges Greate Sessions in Wales.

1707 London Gaz. No. 4330/4 The Grand Jury, Justices of the Peace, and others.., met together at the Great Sessions holden for the said County [Pembroke].

1730 Act 3 Geo. II c. 25 Preamb. Judges of the Great Sessions in Wales.

1730 Act 3 Geo. II c. 25 §9 Causes in the Grand Sessions in any County of Wales.

1730 Act 3 Geo. II c. 25 §9 At least eight Days before every Grand Sessions. §14 The Grand Session in Wales.

1899 W. R. Williams (title) The history of the Great Sessions in Wales 1542–1830.

5. Scots Law.

a. Historical. The name given to a court of justice (often called ‘the Session of James I’), established in 1425, consisting of the Chancellor and other persons chosen by the king, which sat three times in the year to determine such causes as had previously been brought before the king and his council. The judges of this court were called the Lords of Session.

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1495 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 242 Item, gevin to the Freris of Edinburgh at the Kingis commande xviij s. at the sessyon.

1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 269 Quhen the King raid to Sanct Jhonistoun to the cessioun.

1503 Sc. Acts James IV §58 That there be ane councel chosen be the Kings Hienesse, quhilk sall sit continually in Edinburgh..to decide all maner of Summoundes in civill maters, complaintes, and causes dailie..And sall haue the samin power, as the Lordes of Session.

a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 272 At counsall, sessioun and at perliament.

b. Court of Session: the supreme civil tribunal of Scotland (otherwise called the College of Justice: see college n. 1c), established by Act of Parliament in 1532, and uniting in itself the powers and jurisdiction which had belonged to the Session of James I, to the Daily Council of James IV, and to the Lords Auditors of Parliament. The judges of this court are officially styled Lords of Council and Session, but in ordinary language Lords of Session. (Formerly the court was often spoken of as †the Session(s).

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1569 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 665 Gevin and pronunceit be the Lordis of Counsale and Sessioun.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 441/2 in Chron. I This yeare [i.e. 1530] the Colledge court of Iustice called the Sessions, was instituted.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 8 The Colledge of Iustice, or as they call it, The Session.

1652 J. Lamont Diary 20 Jan. (1830) 37 Lords of Session and Counsell.

1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) ii. ii. vi. 426 None shall be named..to be ordinary Lords of Session, but such who have been Advocates or principal Clerks of Session for the Space of Five Years.

1711 Act 10 Anne c. 13 §2 The Christmas Vacation of the Session or College of Justice.

6. Scottish. = kirk session n.

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society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > presbyterian > [noun] > kirk-session

sessiona1572

consistorya1593

kirk session1617

presbytery1655

a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 152 That the auld Sessioun befor thair departure, nominat twenty-four in Electioun for Elders,..and thirty-two for Deacounes.

1672 G. Mackenzie Pleadings Pref. sig. A3 Our Session having been at first constitute of an equal number of Churchmen and Laicks.

1725 in J. J. Vernon Hawick (1900) 187 The Minister did read to ye members of ye Session a petition.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 279 Wi' pinch I put a Sunday's face on, An' snoov'd awa' before the Session.

1846 J. Macfarlane Late Secess. Ch. Scotl. 124 The list of parishes vacant, and of sessions dismembered, and of churches thinned, is not to be overlooked.

7. transferred. [Senses not necessarily dependent upon the notion of ‘sitting’.] A period of time given to or set aside for the pursuit of a particular activity.

a. gen.

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1920 T. Wolfe Let. 26 Nov. (1956) 11 With no more delightful ‘bull sessions’, I have turned to work.

1970 Time 24 Aug. 12 In every major city, women, most of them young, gather for ‘consciousness-raising’ rap sessions, the awareness rituals of The Sisterhood.

1976 Cumberland News 3 Dec. 24/5 A short session of dominoes followed.

b. in which musicians perform music, esp. for recording. Also, the music so recorded. Cf. jam session n. at jam n.¹ 3; recording session n. at recording n. Compounds 1.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > musical session

session1927

jam1929

jam session1929

clambake1937

skiffle1946

bash1949

blow1962

open mike1978

1927 Melody Maker Sept. 923/1 All their days..appear to be occupied with recording sessions.

1929 Melody Maker Apr. 381/1 The trouble is due to inferior musicians being engaged for this session.

1947 G. Beall in R. de Toledano Frontiers of Jazz vii. 87 He is present on most of the records, however, taking part in the recording session although the men know his part would not be directly apparent.

1962 Radio Times 17 May 43 The jazz musician..is merely inviting himself back to his friend's place for a beer after their session.

1969 R. A. Noblett Stavin' Chain 7 This version has not been released on record... The session is, however, interesting.

c. A disturbance or argument. colloquial (chiefly Australian and New Zealand).

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1919 H. L. Wilson Ma Pettengill iv. 130 Then Ben came down and had a wholehearted session with me. He said I ought to have a talk with Ed and reason him out of his folly.

1930 L. W. Lower Here's Luck i. 5 We had a bit of a session—a ‘go in’ as they call it. I tried to reason with him.

1949 J. R. Cole It was so Late 10 ‘Don't shoot the barman, he's half shot already.’..‘Bit of a session, eh?’

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

a. (In sense 2.)

session-bell n.

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1701 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 191 After the ringing of the Session-bell.

b. (In sense 3.)

session-time n.

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1817 W. Scott Let. 18 Mar. (1933) IV. 414 In the vacation I never sit down. In the session time I seldom rise up.

c. (In sense 4.)

session day n. (also sessions day)

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1537 London in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 81 In the cession dayes and other cowrt dayes.

1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. C^v This is the Sessions day.

sessions-chamber n.

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1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Weldon-Great A handsome Mt.-house, and a sessions-chamber over it.

d. (In sense 6.)

session-clerk n.

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1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xii. 121 The schoolmaster, who was likewise session-clerk and precentor.

1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. 100 The teacher of the burgh and parochial school was invariably session clerk and precentor.

session-clerkship n.

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1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 511 This and the session-clerkship do not belong to him as schoolmaster.

e. (In sense 7.)

session fee n.

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1977 Times 1 Nov. 14/5 The orchestra had a choice: either to take a share of the royalties or settle for what the trade calls a session fee—a once-and-for-all payment.

session man n.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > session musician

sessioneer1958

session man1958

session musician1968

1958 J. Asman in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xiv. 170 Men who worked in a number of musical fields, providing the recording studios with a reliable nucleus of session-men for every kind of date.

1980 Oxf. Times 20 June 18 She is expertly backed by..fine sessionmen.

session work n.

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1976 J. Wainwright Walther P. 38 82 I moved around from band to band..and sat in on my share of session work at the recording studios.

C2.

session-book n. (also sessions-book) Scottish a book kept in each parish to record the proceedings of the kirk-session.

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1829 J. Train in W. Scott Old Mortality Introd., in Waverley Novels IX. 235 His death is not registered in the session-book of any of the neighbouring parishes.

session-house n. (also sessions-house) (a) a building in which sessions are held; (b) Scottish a room attached to a church in which the session meets.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > place of > hall, house, or room

moot-houseOE

moot hall1305

council house1393

chamber1428

council-chamberc1515

session-house1599

camera1658

council-hall1683

council-room1774

1599 L. Lewkenor tr. G. Contarini Commonw. & Gouernment Venice i. 22 Euery holliday..this great councell is assembled into a great and spacious hall, which we will call the Session house.

1600 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1908) 5 389 They were..bidd to putt on their bootes and to goe to the sessions house.

1647 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 18 All the advocates sall come to the Session-hous.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 112 The right wing of the prison [Newgate] nearest the Sessions-house.

session musician n. one who is engaged to play music, usually accompaniments, at a recording session.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > session musician

sessioneer1958

session man1958

session musician1968

1968 Guardian 23 Feb. 10/6 The vast majority of pop records made rely to some extent on session musicians.

1980 P. Gosling Loser's Blues ii. 12 Separately as session musicians on other pop discs they were occasionally..in the charts.

† sessions-paper n. Obsolete a list of cases put down for trial at the sessions.

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society > law > administration of justice > court papers > [noun] > list of cases to be heard

roll1681

sessions-paper1702

hand roll1711

1702 T. Brown Select Epist. Cicero 282 The greasy Fragments of a Sessions-paper.

1729 J. Gay Polly i. v. 8 Every monthly Sessions-paper..was a record of his [sc. a thief-taker's] services.

Draft additions 1993

A period devoted to heavy drinking; a drinking-bout. colloquial (chiefly Australian).

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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > period of drinking

sesh1943

session1943

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drinking-bout

cups1406

drinking?1518

banquet1535

Bacchanal1536

pot-revel1577

compotation1593

rouse1604

Bacchanalia1633

potmealc1639

bout1670

drinking-bout1673

carouse1690

carousal1765

drunk1779

bouse1786

toot1790

set-to1808

spree1811

fuddlea1813

screed1815

bust1834

lush1841

bender1846

bat1848

buster1848

burst1849

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binge1854

bumming1860

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booze1864

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cupping1868

crawl1877

hellbender1877

break-away1885

periodical1886

jag1894

booze-up1897

slopping-up1899

souse1903

pub crawl1915

blind1917

beer-up1919

periodic1920

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brannigan1927

rumba1934

boozeroo1943

sesh1943

session1943

piss-up1950

pink-eye1958

binge drinking1964

1943 [implied in: Airflow (Ceylon) Christmas 368/1 An Orderly Sergeant, roused from a convivial ‘sesh’ on Boxing Night. (at sesh n.)].

1949 L. Glassop Lucky Palmer 215 I'll join you in a beer later, but I don't want to get into a session.

1955 D. Niland Shiralee 51 I don't want to make a session of it... I'd just like a drink to pick me up.

1962 K. Simons Not with Kiss 26 ‘What's the drum on the party tomorrow night?’ ‘Oh, just a bit of a session for the boys.’

1981 C. Williams Open Cut 148 She has to go longer hours... Bloke'll shoot off for a session. She has to make up her own entertainment.

1985 M. Munro Patter 61 A session or bevvy-session is a spell of drinking, a booze-up.

Draft additions September 2017

session beer n. a beer with a relatively low alcohol content, considered suitable for drinking in significant quantities at one sitting without the drinker becoming quickly intoxicated.

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1982 M. Jackson Pocket Guide to Beer 44 Like all of the everyday session beers in this big-drinking city, the basic Münchner Hell has a modest alcohol content.

1990 Independent (Nexis) 2 June 35 The gentle A K, a wonderful ‘session beer’ from McMullen's (Hertford).

2012 Oxf. Compan. Beer 429/1 Helles is a pale golden lager that is the everyday session beer of Bavaria.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	session
释义	sessionn. /ˈsɛʃən/ Forms: Middle English–1500s sessioun, Middle English cessiown, sessyone, Middle English cessione, Middle English–1500s cession, sessyon, 1500s cessioun, cecion, cessyon. Etymology: < French session (= Spanish sesion, Portuguese sessão, Italian sessione), < Latin sessiōnem (sessio), noun of action < sedēre to sit. 1. a. The action or an act of sitting; the state or posture of being seated; occupation of a seat in an assembly or the like; also a manner of sitting. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > [noun] sittingeOE seatc1175 sitting down1495 session1615 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 996 On the foreside it is gibbous, and that is profitable..for Session and sitting. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. ii. 65 To the Bishop whereof was assigned the next place of session in councell after the Bishop of Hierusalem. 1670 A. Marvell Let. 14 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 317 The King has ever since continued his Session among them, and says it is better than going to a Play. 1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. iii. 133 The Antientest Heroes used Session, not Discumbiture. 1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit i, in Tale of Tub 297 The Art of See-saw on a Beam, and swinging by Session upon a Cord. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 137 Vivien..Leapt from her session on his lap. 1859 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth iv. 34 Whether Mrs. Crakanthorpe had indulged herself during her decline by session or recumbency thereon [sc. on a settee] there is, unfortunately, no evidence to show. b. spec. The ‘sitting’ of Christ at the right hand of God. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > sitting at right hand of God session?1567 ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cx. 326 Where by the session of the ryghte hande of thy father thou subduest thy enemies. 1605 L. Andrewes Serm. (1629) 369 His Passion and his Session. 1706 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels III. 85 This Ascent, and Session of our Blessed Master at God's Right Hand. 1894 H. B. Swete Apostles' Creed vi. 64 Some of the oldest accounts, which place the Session immediately after the Resurrection. †c. A place for sitting. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [noun] settlec897 siege?c1225 daisa1330 sitting placea1382 sellc1384 seata1400 seea1413 session1412 mastaba1603 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 1003 And al aboue, reysed was a se,..Þat callid was..Of þe regne þe sete moste royal... And sessions wer made on euery syde, Only þe statis by ordre to deuyde. 2. a. The sitting together of a number of persons (esp. of a court, a legislative, administrative, or deliberative body) for conference or the transaction of business. Also (now somewhat rarely), a single continuous sitting of persons assembled for conference or business. Also, a business period on the Stock Exchange and other commercial markets. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > sitting of sittingc1410 session1444 access1587 diet1587 session1613 sederunt1628 seat1635 séance1789 1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 122/1 To eny Baillif or Baillifs, Lieutenauntz, Deputez or eny othur, in her Sessions and assembleez. 1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. vi. sig. L.iiii When Cesar on a daye wyth the reste of the Senate, were at theyr sessyon in the councell house. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 179/2 in Chron. I The Archbishop of Canturbury kept a Synode at Herforde, the first session wherof began the .24. of September. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion v. 77 Each part most highlie pleas'd, then vp the Session brake. 1661 Bk. Com. Prayer A Prayer for the High Court of Parliament, to be read during their Session. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 514 Then of thir Session ended they bid cry With Trumpets regal sound the great result. View more context for this quotation 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey I. iii. 171 Nor herald sworn, the session to proclaim. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xiii. 341 The frequent session of parliament..furnished a security against illegal taxation. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iii. 111 Already his Majesty,..had held session of Notables. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. lviii. 240 For the sessions of these dignitaries, each tribe has..a Government or council-house. 1869 T. H. Huxley in Sci. Opinion 21 Apr. 464/1 The British geologists..here in solemn annual session assembled. 1890 P. H. Hunter After Exile ii. ii. 33 They proposed further that this court should not confine its sessions to Jerusalem, but should go on circuit. 1928 Daily Mail 25 July 19/3 At second session Tin cash £217 15s. to £217 17s. 6d. 1981 Times 1 May 20/2 Leading industrials enjoyed one of the best sessions for some time. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. E 2 Being in these dumpes he held a session in his thoughtes. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 108 His pigeons, who in session on their roofs Approved him. c. plural with singular sense and construction. rare (cf. 3c). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > sitting of sittingc1410 session1444 access1587 diet1587 session1613 sederunt1628 seat1635 séance1789 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. K4^v Let's breake this Sessions vp, I am dull. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. vi. 86 Is it not comfortable to have our sessions here for once, and to be looking out on a good solid English wet day? †d. A number of persons sitting in conference. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > one who participates in > group of participants session?1615 Round Table1830 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ii. 40 The old man..weeping, thus bespake the Session. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 468 Both parties appeared to Ptolemei Philometor, and a Session of his friends, for the hearing and decision of the Cause. e. = séance n. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > seance séance1845 sitting1851 circle1856 session1858 spooking1919 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 9 June in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) v. 302 Browning and his wife had both been present at a spiritual session held by Mr. Hume. 3. a. A continuous series of sittings or meetings of a court, a legislative, administrative, or deliberative body, held daily or at short intervals; the period or term during which the sittings continue to be held; opposed to recess or vacation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > sitting of > series of session1553 1553 in Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 2nd Pt. (1681) 225 The said Lord President and Council shall keep four general Sittings or Sessions in the Year, every of them to continue by the space of one whole Month. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 130 It was in this Christmas session of the Witan that the vacancy would regularly be filled. 1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria c. 60 §4 A session of the Council shall be held once at least in every two years. b. spec. In English parliamentary use, applied to the period between the opening of Parliament and its prorogation.The term autumn session (instead of ‘autumn sitting’) is sometimes used to designate the exceptional resumption of the sittings of the Houses, after an adjournment, in what is normally the autumn recess; but this use has been described as incorrect by some parliamentary authorities. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > period between opening and prorogation session1583 session1642 extraordinary session1658 legislative session1787 regular session1811 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. ii. 42 The last day of that Parliament or session the Prince commeth in person in his Parliament robes. 1676 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 34 Parliament..some says will be dissolved of course by reason of three sessions past without any bill passing. 1683 Repr. Advantages Manuf. Woollen-cloath 1 The 20th Act of the third Sess. of the same Parl. 1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 21 Mar. (1948) II. 520 I doubt the Session will not be over till towards the End of April. a1832 J. Mackintosh Hist. Revol. Eng. (1834) ii. 44 At the opening of the session, that House had contented themselves with general thanks to the King for his speech. 1878 H. S. Leigh Town Garland 195 Very few Members of Parliament only Will wait for the Session to crawl to its close. †c. plural with singular sense and construction. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > period between opening and prorogation session1583 session1642 extraordinary session1658 legislative session1787 regular session1811 1642 King Charles I Message conc. Refusall to passe Bill 5 Other Bills passed this Sessions. 1701 Maryland Laws (1723) v. 16 Within Six Months from the End of this Sessions of Assembly. 1732 W. Pulteney in G. Colman Posthumous Lett. (1820) 38 This day is to conclude a very tedious Sessions of Parl^t. 1780 M. Madan Thelyphthora II. 59 I much doubt, whether every sessions of Parliament, for some years past, has not afforded melancholy proofs [etc.]. d. (Formerly only in Scotland and the U.S.) The portion of the academic year during which instruction is given. Also, a portion of the day during which classes are held.summer session: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > [noun] > session or term half-yearc907 season?a1400 Michael term?1406 term1429 Michaelmas term1439 Easter term1530 Hilary1577 summer term1659 session1714 half1820 semester1826 by-term1883 Trinity term1899 winterim1964 1714 J. Morice in W. C. Dickinson Two Students at St. Andrews (1952) 53 Alexander Sharp..being a Double Bajan with M^r Pringle last Session. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 12 A student of the highest class may keep his annual session,..which lasts about seven months, for about fifteen pounds. 1807 J. Grierson Delineations St. Andrews 108 The session of this college lasts only about four months,..and the complete course of a student's attendance is, at the shortest, four sessions. 1851 Catal. Univ. Virginia 15 in B. H. Hall Coll. College Words The session commences on the 1st of October, and continues without interruption until the 29th of June. 1861 Temple Bar 3 515 The medical session [at Edinburgh] began on the 1st November. 1862 G. Meredith Let. 23 Dec. (1970) I. 180 I presume that if I send to Bankers at Norwich, according to direction, before the next session, it will do. 1880 (title) The Mason Science College. Calendar for the Session 1880–81. 1891 Edinb. Univ. Cal. 1891–2 30 A Summer Session (1st May to 1st October). 1902 Let. of Sc. School-girl I cannot possibly come while the school session lasts. 1911 Rep. Labour & Social Conditions in Germany (Tariff Reform League) III. vi. 126 Children go to school at seven o'clock in the morning and stay until eleven; then there is a break, the next session commencing at two and going on till five. 1921 W. E. Smythe City Homes on Country Lanes 24 The rural child receives only about 65 per cent. as much schooling as the city child. This is due to the slack attendance and shorter school session. 1931 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 233 When he is six years old he enters the first grade, which is usually a half-day session. 1932 Leader 9 July 1 The college is recognised and aided by the Government Board of Indian Medicine. The next session begins from 1st August, 1932. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 27 June 2- d/6 Temporary shelter became a problem... Ricks College in Rexburg, a junior college on high ground, has opened its doors until its summer session starts. 4. A judicial sitting. †a. gen. A sitting of a judge or judges to determine causes; a judicial trial or investigation. singular and collective plural (often construed as singular). Obsolete (exc. archaic as contextual use of sense 1 or 2). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial or judicial inquiry session14.. 14.. Customs of Malton in Surtees Misc. (1890) 60 Þe sayd Burgoye schall answere..in all sessyons and inqwyres. 1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Hij^v He that sayeth to his brother Racha..is worthye the sessyons. 1557 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Court Admiralty (1897) II. 33 At the Sessyons of the same courte which should be holden the .xiij^th daye of Decembre then next folloinge. 1585 W. Fleetwood in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 296 Uppon Thursdaye laste..we kepte a Sessions of Inquyrie in London in the forenone, and in the afternone we kepte the lyke att Fynsburie for Middlesex, in which two severall Sessionses all such as were to be arrayegned for felonye at the Gaole deliverye were indyted. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. iii. 202 Summon a Session, that we may arraigne Our most disloyall Lady. View more context for this quotation 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore iv. ii. 117 Car. Araigne the poore Whore. Ast. Ile not misse that Sessions. 1691 H. Consett Pract. Spiritual Courts (1700) 3 The first general Sessions held in the Court of the Arches..was kept..the next day (if no Holy~day) after the Feast of St. Faith the Virgin. figurative and in extended use.1591 H. Smith Serm. Lord's Supper ii. 30 This is the priuate araignement or close Sessions, when Conscience sits in her chaire to examine, and accuse, and iudge and condemne her selfe.1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxx. sig. C3 When to the Sessions of sweet silent thought, I sommon vp remembrance. View more context for this quotation1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxxxix To hold a priuy Sessions vpon my Soule, and actions.1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 38 The hard hearts of others unchastisable in those judicial Courts, were so remitted there, as bound over to the higher Session of Conscience.1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 132 Those particular Sessions on my self, prevent his generall Assizes.1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 22 Daniel..beheld the Session of the Ancient of Days, beheld the Judgment set and the Books opened. b. sessions of the peace n. (in ordinary language simply sessions) the periodical sittings of justices of the peace (or, in some instances, of a stipendiary magistrate or a recorder). Often construed as singular.In England the sessions of the peace are of the following kinds: petty sessions (now Historical), a court held by two or more justices or a stipendiary magistrate, exercising summary jurisdiction in minor offences within a particular district (a ‘petty sessional division’): replaced by the magistrates' court; special sessions, a periodical meeting of the justices of a division prescribed by statute for the transaction of some particular kind of business (under this head are included brewster sessions or licensing sessions, for the hearing of applications for licences to sell alcoholic drinks); general sessions or quarter sessions (both now Historical), a court held four times a year (in a county, riding, etc. by the justices of the peace, and in certain boroughs by the recorder), having a limited criminal and civil jurisdiction and certain administrative functions: replaced in 1971 by the Crown Court system. Cf. quarter sessions n. 1. ( The sessions, without qualification, usually denoted the quarter sessions.) Quarter sessions were also held in Scotland and Ireland. In certain British colonies the English system of sessions of the peace formerly existed, and was for a time retained in some of the United States. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of justices of peace sessions of the peacec1405 justice court1490 petty sessions1562 magistrates' court1867 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 357 At sessions ther was he lord and sire. 1453 Rolls. of Parl. V. 267/2 The Justicez of the peax in theire Sessions of peax. 1477 Rolls of Parl. VI. 173/2 Diverse of the Kyng's Justices of the peas..sittyng in the Kyng's generall Cessions of pease in the same Counte. 1548 in J. H. Glover Kingsthorpiana (1883) 108 One Gregorye Cosbye..was indyted at a cessyons holden at Northⁿ for huntyng of the hare in the feld of Pysford. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 34 A prisoner brake from the halle at Newgate whan the cecions was done. 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Conventus Minores conventus, sessions of the peace. 1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in Miscellanea 116 Sometimes one share of that Money is paid to a single pretender at the Sizes, or Sessions. 1754 Gentleman's Mag. 24 461 The Brewster-Sessions at Bray in Northungria. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. v. 56 A favourite at the Old Bailey, and eke at the Sessions. rarely in singular.1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1591) iv. i. 374 (margin) The description of a Session of the Peace.1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse v. vi. 21 in Wks. II Pug. How? longer here a moneth? Ing. Yes, boy, till the Session.c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 160 Appleby..is the shire town where the session and assizes are held. †c. petty or statute sessions: see quots. (cf. 4b). Obsolete. d. great or grand session(s: a court of justice formerly held half-yearly in each of the counties of Wales, presided over by itinerant judges forming a distinct body from the judges of assize in England. court of session: a court formerly exercising for the County Palatine of Chester a jurisdiction more or less corresponding to that of the courts of assize in the rest of England. Obsolete exc. Historical.Both these courts were abolished in 1830 by the Act 11 Geo. IV & 1 Will. IV, c. 70 §14. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of shire or part of shire > in Wales great or grand session(s1542 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 26 §4 There shalbe holden..Sessions twyse in everye yere in everye of the saide Shyres in..Wales:..the whiche Sessions shall be called the Kinges Greate Sessions in Wales. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4330/4 The Grand Jury, Justices of the Peace, and others.., met together at the Great Sessions holden for the said County [Pembroke]. 1730 Act 3 Geo. II c. 25 Preamb. Judges of the Great Sessions in Wales. 1730 Act 3 Geo. II c. 25 §9 Causes in the Grand Sessions in any County of Wales. 1730 Act 3 Geo. II c. 25 §9 At least eight Days before every Grand Sessions. §14 The Grand Session in Wales. 1899 W. R. Williams (title) The history of the Great Sessions in Wales 1542–1830. 5. Scots Law. a. Historical. The name given to a court of justice (often called ‘the Session of James I’), established in 1425, consisting of the Chancellor and other persons chosen by the king, which sat three times in the year to determine such causes as had previously been brought before the king and his council. The judges of this court were called the Lords of Session. ΚΠ 1495 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 242 Item, gevin to the Freris of Edinburgh at the Kingis commande xviij s. at the sessyon. 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 269 Quhen the King raid to Sanct Jhonistoun to the cessioun. 1503 Sc. Acts James IV §58 That there be ane councel chosen be the Kings Hienesse, quhilk sall sit continually in Edinburgh..to decide all maner of Summoundes in civill maters, complaintes, and causes dailie..And sall haue the samin power, as the Lordes of Session. a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 272 At counsall, sessioun and at perliament. b. Court of Session: the supreme civil tribunal of Scotland (otherwise called the College of Justice: see college n. 1c), established by Act of Parliament in 1532, and uniting in itself the powers and jurisdiction which had belonged to the Session of James I, to the Daily Council of James IV, and to the Lords Auditors of Parliament. The judges of this court are officially styled Lords of Council and Session, but in ordinary language Lords of Session. (Formerly the court was often spoken of as †the Session(s). ΚΠ 1569 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 665 Gevin and pronunceit be the Lordis of Counsale and Sessioun. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 441/2 in Chron. I This yeare [i.e. 1530] the Colledge court of Iustice called the Sessions, was instituted. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 8 The Colledge of Iustice, or as they call it, The Session. 1652 J. Lamont Diary 20 Jan. (1830) 37 Lords of Session and Counsell. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) ii. ii. vi. 426 None shall be named..to be ordinary Lords of Session, but such who have been Advocates or principal Clerks of Session for the Space of Five Years. 1711 Act 10 Anne c. 13 §2 The Christmas Vacation of the Session or College of Justice. 6. Scottish. = kirk session n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > presbyterian > [noun] > kirk-session sessiona1572 consistorya1593 kirk session1617 presbytery1655 a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 152 That the auld Sessioun befor thair departure, nominat twenty-four in Electioun for Elders,..and thirty-two for Deacounes. 1672 G. Mackenzie Pleadings Pref. sig. A3 Our Session having been at first constitute of an equal number of Churchmen and Laicks. 1725 in J. J. Vernon Hawick (1900) 187 The Minister did read to ye members of ye Session a petition. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 279 Wi' pinch I put a Sunday's face on, An' snoov'd awa' before the Session. 1846 J. Macfarlane Late Secess. Ch. Scotl. 124 The list of parishes vacant, and of sessions dismembered, and of churches thinned, is not to be overlooked. 7. transferred. [Senses not necessarily dependent upon the notion of ‘sitting’.] A period of time given to or set aside for the pursuit of a particular activity. a. gen. ΚΠ 1920 T. Wolfe Let. 26 Nov. (1956) 11 With no more delightful ‘bull sessions’, I have turned to work. 1970 Time 24 Aug. 12 In every major city, women, most of them young, gather for ‘consciousness-raising’ rap sessions, the awareness rituals of The Sisterhood. 1976 Cumberland News 3 Dec. 24/5 A short session of dominoes followed. b. in which musicians perform music, esp. for recording. Also, the music so recorded. Cf. jam session n. at jam n.¹ 3; recording session n. at recording n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > musical session session1927 jam1929 jam session1929 clambake1937 skiffle1946 bash1949 blow1962 open mike1978 1927 Melody Maker Sept. 923/1 All their days..appear to be occupied with recording sessions. 1929 Melody Maker Apr. 381/1 The trouble is due to inferior musicians being engaged for this session. 1947 G. Beall in R. de Toledano Frontiers of Jazz vii. 87 He is present on most of the records, however, taking part in the recording session although the men know his part would not be directly apparent. 1962 Radio Times 17 May 43 The jazz musician..is merely inviting himself back to his friend's place for a beer after their session. 1969 R. A. Noblett Stavin' Chain 7 This version has not been released on record... The session is, however, interesting. c. A disturbance or argument. colloquial (chiefly Australian and New Zealand). ΚΠ 1919 H. L. Wilson Ma Pettengill iv. 130 Then Ben came down and had a wholehearted session with me. He said I ought to have a talk with Ed and reason him out of his folly. 1930 L. W. Lower Here's Luck i. 5 We had a bit of a session—a ‘go in’ as they call it. I tried to reason with him. 1949 J. R. Cole It was so Late 10 ‘Don't shoot the barman, he's half shot already.’..‘Bit of a session, eh?’ Compounds C1. General attributive. a. (In sense 2.) session-bell n. ΚΠ 1701 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 191 After the ringing of the Session-bell. b. (In sense 3.) session-time n. ΚΠ 1817 W. Scott Let. 18 Mar. (1933) IV. 414 In the vacation I never sit down. In the session time I seldom rise up. c. (In sense 4.) session day n. (also sessions day) ΚΠ 1537 London in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 81 In the cession dayes and other cowrt dayes. 1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. C^v This is the Sessions day. sessions-chamber n. ΚΠ 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Weldon-Great A handsome Mt.-house, and a sessions-chamber over it. d. (In sense 6.) session-clerk n. ΚΠ 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xii. 121 The schoolmaster, who was likewise session-clerk and precentor. 1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. 100 The teacher of the burgh and parochial school was invariably session clerk and precentor. session-clerkship n. ΚΠ 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 511 This and the session-clerkship do not belong to him as schoolmaster. e. (In sense 7.) session fee n. ΚΠ 1977 Times 1 Nov. 14/5 The orchestra had a choice: either to take a share of the royalties or settle for what the trade calls a session fee—a once-and-for-all payment. session man n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > session musician sessioneer1958 session man1958 session musician1968 1958 J. Asman in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xiv. 170 Men who worked in a number of musical fields, providing the recording studios with a reliable nucleus of session-men for every kind of date. 1980 Oxf. Times 20 June 18 She is expertly backed by..fine sessionmen. session work n. ΚΠ 1976 J. Wainwright Walther P. 38 82 I moved around from band to band..and sat in on my share of session work at the recording studios. C2. session-book n. (also sessions-book) Scottish a book kept in each parish to record the proceedings of the kirk-session. ΚΠ 1829 J. Train in W. Scott Old Mortality Introd., in Waverley Novels IX. 235 His death is not registered in the session-book of any of the neighbouring parishes. session-house n. (also sessions-house) (a) a building in which sessions are held; (b) Scottish a room attached to a church in which the session meets. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > place of > hall, house, or room moot-houseOE moot hall1305 council house1393 chamber1428 council-chamberc1515 session-house1599 camera1658 council-hall1683 council-room1774 1599 L. Lewkenor tr. G. Contarini Commonw. & Gouernment Venice i. 22 Euery holliday..this great councell is assembled into a great and spacious hall, which we will call the Session house. 1600 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1908) 5 389 They were..bidd to putt on their bootes and to goe to the sessions house. 1647 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 18 All the advocates sall come to the Session-hous. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 112 The right wing of the prison [Newgate] nearest the Sessions-house. session musician n. one who is engaged to play music, usually accompaniments, at a recording session. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > session musician sessioneer1958 session man1958 session musician1968 1968 Guardian 23 Feb. 10/6 The vast majority of pop records made rely to some extent on session musicians. 1980 P. Gosling Loser's Blues ii. 12 Separately as session musicians on other pop discs they were occasionally..in the charts. † sessions-paper n. Obsolete a list of cases put down for trial at the sessions. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court papers > [noun] > list of cases to be heard roll1681 sessions-paper1702 hand roll1711 1702 T. Brown Select Epist. Cicero 282 The greasy Fragments of a Sessions-paper. 1729 J. Gay Polly i. v. 8 Every monthly Sessions-paper..was a record of his [sc. a thief-taker's] services. Draft additions 1993 A period devoted to heavy drinking; a drinking-bout. colloquial (chiefly Australian). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > period of drinking sesh1943 session1943 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drinking-bout cups1406 drinking?1518 banquet1535 Bacchanal1536 pot-revel1577 compotation1593 rouse1604 Bacchanalia1633 potmealc1639 bout1670 drinking-bout1673 carouse1690 carousal1765 drunk1779 bouse1786 toot1790 set-to1808 spree1811 fuddlea1813 screed1815 bust1834 lush1841 bender1846 bat1848 buster1848 burst1849 soak1851 binge1854 bumming1860 bust-out1861 bum1863 booze1864 drink1865 ran-tan1866 cupping1868 crawl1877 hellbender1877 break-away1885 periodical1886 jag1894 booze-up1897 slopping-up1899 souse1903 pub crawl1915 blind1917 beer-up1919 periodic1920 scoot1924 brannigan1927 rumba1934 boozeroo1943 sesh1943 session1943 piss-up1950 pink-eye1958 binge drinking1964 1943 [implied in: Airflow (Ceylon) Christmas 368/1 An Orderly Sergeant, roused from a convivial ‘sesh’ on Boxing Night. (at sesh n.)]. 1949 L. Glassop Lucky Palmer 215 I'll join you in a beer later, but I don't want to get into a session. 1955 D. Niland Shiralee 51 I don't want to make a session of it... I'd just like a drink to pick me up. 1962 K. Simons Not with Kiss 26 ‘What's the drum on the party tomorrow night?’ ‘Oh, just a bit of a session for the boys.’ 1981 C. Williams Open Cut 148 She has to go longer hours... Bloke'll shoot off for a session. She has to make up her own entertainment. 1985 M. Munro Patter 61 A session or bevvy-session is a spell of drinking, a booze-up. Draft additions September 2017 session beer n. a beer with a relatively low alcohol content, considered suitable for drinking in significant quantities at one sitting without the drinker becoming quickly intoxicated. ΚΠ 1982 M. Jackson Pocket Guide to Beer 44 Like all of the everyday session beers in this big-drinking city, the basic Münchner Hell has a modest alcohol content. 1990 Independent (Nexis) 2 June 35 The gentle A K, a wonderful ‘session beer’ from McMullen's (Hertford). 2012 Oxf. Compan. Beer 429/1 Helles is a pale golden lager that is the everyday session beer of Bavaria. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). sessionv. Brit. /ˈsɛʃən/, U.S. /ˈsɛʃən/, Scottish English /ˈsɛʃən/ Etymology: < session n. Scottish (see also Eng. Dial. Dict.). transitive. To bring before the kirk-session. ΚΠ 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 125 Was there one of us..that had not been sessioned time and again? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.14..v.1895
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