Definition of sitting

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Sitting (n.) The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission..

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Footstool :: Footstool (n.) A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.
Sedentary :: Sedentary (a.) Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; -- used reflexively.
Adjournment :: Adjournment (n.) The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.
Sooterkin :: Sooterkin (n.) A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme..
Parliament :: Parliament (n.) The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws..
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board which supports the back wen one is sitting.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..
Confessionalist :: Confessionalist (n.) A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession..
Assession :: Assession (n.) A sitting beside or near.
Seat :: Seat (v. t.) To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church..
Artichoke :: Artichoke (n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food..
Seat :: Seat (n.) A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house..
Sedent :: Sedent (a.) Sitting; inactive; quiet.
Assize :: Assize (n.) A court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report..
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..
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