session
Other forms: sessions
A session is a specific block of time dedicated to something. Court may be in session, or school may be in session, or you just might find yourself enjoying a massage therapy session.
The noun session also means a meeting of a board or committee to conduct business. The school board, for example, may hold a special session to discuss budget issues. Session can also refer to a gathering of spiritualists at a séance or a meeting with a psychic. You might have a session with a medium who claims she's delivering a message to you from your great-great-grandmother.
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a meeting for execution of a group's functions“it was the opening session of the legislature”types:sittinga session as of a legislature or courtclinicmeeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activityclosed session, executive sessiona session (usually of a legislative body) that is closed to the publichearinga session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is takenskull sessiona session (as of executives or advisors) to discuss policy or strategy or to solve problems or exchange ideasspecial sessiona session that is held in addition to the regular sessionstutoriala session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of studentsreading clinica clinic for people with reading disabilitiesbasketball clinica meeting at which basketball players receive special evaluation and instructionbaseball clinica meeting at which baseball players receive special evaluation and instructionhockey clinica meeting at which hockey players receive special evaluation and instructionconfirmation hearinga hearing held by the US Senate to gather information on whether to approve or reject candidates for high federal office who are nominated by the presidenttype of:
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the time during which a school holds classessynonyms: academic session, academic term, school termtypes:summer schoolan academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary studysemesterone of two divisions of an academic yeartrimesterone of three divisions of an academic yearquarterone of four periods into which the school year is dividedtype of:terma limited period of time
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a meeting devoted to a particular activity
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a meeting of spiritualists
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Also known as The Great Binding Law, this document established a representative confederacy of five tribes: Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Cuyuga, and Onondaga. Its exact date is uncertain (possible years are 1142, 1451, and 1525), but many historians agree that it is the first constitution in the New World. Here is a link to the full text: Iroquois Constitution Compare the words in these lists: Iroquois Constitution, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, US Constitution
The Monroe Doctrine was a speech given by President James Monroe in December 1823. A doctrine is a rule or principle, so the title means Monroe’s principle. This principle states that the United States promises to respect any colonies already held by European powers in the Americas but will not permit any new colonies to be taken. In return the United States promises not to seek any colonies in Europe. At the time the U.S. was a weak nation and the doctrine was largely ignored. Later, however, when the U.S. became a world power, it was used to prevent European nations from taking over countries in Latin America.
