n. A meeting of a body for the discussion or transaction of business; an official session.n. The interval during which, at any one time, one sits; specifically, such a period during which one sits for an artist to take a portrait, model a bust, etc.; hence, generally, any one limited portion of time.n. An incubation; a brooding, as of a hen upon eggs; also, the time for brooding, or during which a bird broods.n. The number of eggs on which a bird sits during a single hatching; a clutch.n. The place where one sits; a seat; specifically, a space sufficient for one person in a pew of a church, or the right to such a seat.n. Settlement; place of abode; seat.n. In English law, the part of the year in which judicial business is transacted. See Easter term, under Easter, and Trinity term, Michaelmas term, and Hilary term, under terminationn. In the Society of Friends, an occasion of family worship, especially when a minister is a guest.Pertaining to or characteristic of a sitter: as, a sitting posture.In bot, sessile—that is, without petiole, peduncle, or pedicel, etc.Befitting; suitable; becoming.