| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated. 2. (n.) The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business. 3. (n.) Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term. | Multi-Version Concordance Session (2 Occurrences) Acts 19:38 If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another. (See NAS) Psalms 107:32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the session of the elders. (DBY) |