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sessional

sessional adjective: pertaining to a period, often an academic term or a sitting of a legislative body.

Adjective

sessional (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a period, often an academic term or a sitting of a legislative body.
    • CUPE 3902 is a labour union local representing sessional lecturers and teaching assistants (TAs) at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Noun

sessional (plural sessionals)

  1. An instructor hired by a college or universities on a temporary basis.
    • The sessionals’ Agreement was ratified on 1 April, 2005.

Forms of sessional

pluralsessionals

Origin of sessional

From session + -al.

Words formed from sessional

Questions about sessional

What does sessional mean?
Sessional means pertaining to a period, often an academic term or a sitting of a legislative body.
What part of speech is sessional?
Sessional can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near sessional in the dictionary

  1. session musicians
  2. Session Road
  3. session-replicated
  4. sessionability
  5. sessionable
  6. sessional
  7. sessionals
  8. sessionary
  9. sessioned
  10. sessioner
  11. sessioners

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