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(1):

(n.) The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.

(2):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sit

(3):

(n.) A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.

(4):

(n.) The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.

(5):

(n.) The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.

(6):

(a.) Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.

(7):

(n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.

(8):

(n.) The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sitting'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sitting.html. 1828.
 
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