Meanings
nounsederunt (plural sederunts)
plural sederunts
- ScotlandA formal meeting, especially of a judicial or ecclesiastical body.
'Tis pity we have not Burn's own account of that long sederunt.
1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns1 more example
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.
1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Sending of Dana Da”, in In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 421 - ScotlandThose people present at such a meeting.
Origin
- Latinsederunt“there were sitting”
- Englishsederunt
From Latin sederunt (“there were sitting”).
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sederunt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sederunt
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