(a) A seat, bench; a place for sitting; (b) a session held by officials for the purpose of conferring or conducting business, an assembly; kepen sessiouns, to attend meetings; (c) a judicial session, session of a court, esp. one of the periodic sittings of the justices of the peace; -- also pl.; ~ dai; ~ of (the) pes; (d) a court of justice held in each county of Wales, presided over by itinerant judges; gret ~, an annual session of such a court; petit ~, a session of such a court held at more frequent intervals; (e) consistorie ~, a session of the court of a diocese for adjudication under canon law, a session of bishop's court.