sederunt

English

Etymology

From Latin sederunt (“there were sitting”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɪˈdɪəɹənt/

Noun

sederunt (plural sederunts)

1. (Scotland) A formal meeting, especially of a judicial or ecclesiastical body.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Sending of Dana Da”, in In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 421:

     They held a sederunt, and were filled with tremulous joy, for, in spite of their familiarity with all the other worlds and cycles, they had a very human awe of things sent from Ghostland.

   • 1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns:

     'Tis pity we have not Burn's own account of that long sederunt.

2. (Scotland) Those people present at such a meeting.

Anagrams

• dentures, detuners, endurest, tsundere, underset, unrested

Latin

Verb

sēdērunt

1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of sedeō

Scots

Noun

sederunt (uncountable)

1. Those in attendance at a meeting.

Usage notes

Still commonly used formally throughout Scotland.