sederunt

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English

Etymology

From Latin sederunt (“there were sitting”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

sederunt (plural sederunts)

  1. (Scotland) A formal meeting, especially of a judicial or ecclesiastical body.
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Sending of Dana Da’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 421:
      They held a sederunt, and were filled with tremulous joy, for, in spite of their familiarity with all the other worlds and cycles, they had a very human awe of things sent from Ghostland.
    • 1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns:
      'Tis pity we have not Burn's own account of that long sederunt.
  2. (Scotland) Those people present at such a meeting.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) sēdērunt

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of sedeō

Scots

Noun

sederunt (uncountable)

  1. Those in attendance at a meeting.

Usage notes

Still commonly used formally throughout Scotland.

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