SEDERUNT

Etymology

Noun

sederunt (plural sederunts)

(Scotland) A formal meeting, especially of a judicial or ecclesiastical body.

(Scotland) Those people present at such a meeting.

Anagrams

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

Source: Wiktionary


Se*de"runt, n. Etym: [L., they sat, fr. sedere to sit.]

Definition: A sitting, as of a court or other body. 'T is pity we have not Burn's own account of that long sederunt. Prof. Wilson. Acts of sederunt (Scots Law), ordinances of the Court of Session for the ordering of processes and expediting of justice. Bell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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