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English
Etymology
From Latin sederunt (“there were sitting”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sederunt (plural sederunts)
- (Scotland) A formal meeting, especially of a judicial or ecclesiastical body.
1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Sending of Dana Da”, in In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 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.
- (Scotland) Those people present at such a meeting.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
sēdērunt
- third-person plural perfect active indicative of sedeō
Scots
Noun
sederunt (uncountable)
- Those in attendance at a meeting.
Usage notes
Still commonly used formally throughout Scotland.