n.
- a period devoted to a particular activity:
a training session.
▸a period of recording music in a studio.
▸informal a period of heavy or sustained drinking.
-
(often in phr. in session)
a meeting of a deliberative or judicial body to conduct its business.
▸a period during which such meetings are regularly held.
- the part of a year or a day during which teaching takes place in a school or college.
- the governing body of a Presbyterian Church.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr., or from L. sessio(n-), from sess- (see sessile).