Both Uses of
séance
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- "My mother attended a Spiritualism séance," Cecily says.†
Chpt 16 *
- And now, if you'll excuse us, it would seem the séance is about to begin.†
Chpt 21
Definitions:
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(1)
(séance as in: medium conducted a séance) a meeting in which spiritualists attempt to communicate with the dead
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (and more archaically) a séance is a session or meeting of a professional society.