sessionallyadv.
/ˈsɛʃənəli/ 1. Scottish. By the kirk-session.
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1715 in J. F. S. Gordon Bk. Chron. Keith (1880) 88 They were sessionally rebucked, till further guilt, if any be, appear.
a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) 101 The precentor professing his sorrow for his offence, was readmitted sessionally.
1887 W. Ross Glimpses of Pastoral Work in Covenanting Times viii. 168 Some faults dealt with sessionally would not be looked upon nowadays as sufficiently grave.
2. Every session.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [adverb] > every sitting
sessionally1863
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. ix. 158 No standing committees of the whole House appointed sessionally now sit.
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