A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1620
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Seance, n. [F. séance (a1253 in Larousse).] The right of a ‘seat’ or place in an official assembly. —1620 Montgomery Mem. II 285.
The said Erle of Eglintoun … granting … that the said Erle of Montrois … should haiff the precedence plaice and seance befoir him and his airis … in all parliaments and other generall conventiouns or metings