sittin'

Noun

sitting (plural sittings)

1. A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
   • Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.
2. A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
   • "It's not always easy to get him, and of course a small fee, a guinea I think, is usual, but if you wanted a sitting I could work it." "You think him genuine?" Atkinson shrugged his shoulders.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
3. A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.
4. The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.
5. A legislative session (in the sense of meeting, and not period).
6. The incubation of eggs by a bird.

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