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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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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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