seance

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US/ˈseɪˌɑns/

A form of séance — A ritualistic ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium and often with the goal of getting the spirits cause physically observable phenomena.

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sittingsession
OriginFrench séance →
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Meanings

nounseance (plural seances)

plural seances

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of séance.

    Even when she doesn’t host a seance for months (to appease her husband), they’re always waiting, trying to get her attention.

    2021, Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth, William Heinemann, page 139
verbseance (third-person singular simple present seances, present participle seancing, simple past and past participle seanced)

present singular third person seances · participle present seancing · participle past seanced · past seanced

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of séance.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna meeting of spiritualists

Similar
sittingsession
Broader
meetingget together
Also see
sessionsitting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchséance
  2. Frenchséance
  3. Englishseance

Borrowed from French séance.

More words from French

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with seance

FrancedanceadvancechanceenhanceglanceentranceHanslancestanceVanceAfrikaansperchanceranceaskanceprancepsytranceavauncebechancelaunceséance
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Anagrams

SenecaencaseCesena
Cite this entry
APA

seance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seance

MLA

“seance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seance.

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