LekhoriLekhoriA period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.
A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
"It's not always easy to get him, and of course a small fee, a guinea I think, is usual, but if you wanted a sitting I could work it." "You think him genuine?" Atkinson shrugged his shoulders.
A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.
present participle and gerund of sit
Executed from a sitting position.
Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
From Middle English sittyng, sittynge, equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zitting (“a sitting, session”), German Sitzung (“a sitting, session”), Swedish sittning (“a sitting, session”).
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