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- noun Plural form of
sitting .
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Examples
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Speaking at the State Banquet in conjunction with the opening of the 13th State Legislative Assembly second term sittings here Thursday, he registered his gratitude to the public service for their excellent service in assisting the State Government to effectively realise its development programmes.
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Speaking at the State Banquet in conjunction with the opening of the 13th State Legislative Assembly second term sittings here Thursday, he registered his gratitude to the public service for their excellent service in assisting the State Government to effectively realise its development programmes.
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The plan of the sittings is a simple rising gallery, springing from the floor half-way to the ceiling, and traversed by two aisles leading direct from either doorway; in a recess abutting through the right-hand wall, the organ is fixed.
Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow F. Jewell
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Near the room where I gave my sittings was a large stove with two doors, in front of which I had put Marshal Soltikoff's picture to dry.
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The most important communicator after his father during the sittings was his uncle Carruthers, whose name, however, was always mangled by Rector, and given as _Clarke_ or
Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research Michael Sage 1897
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The very place of your sittings was the rendezvous of the conspirators: from thence they yesterday distributed their plans and orders for the delivery of arms; from thence they corresponded last night with their accomplices; lastly, from thence, or in the neighbourhood, they again endeavoured to raise clandestine and seditious assemblies, which the police at this moment are employed in dispersing.
History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 Francois-Auguste Mignet 1840
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The seats in the galleries are drawn in straight lines with the "sittings" below.
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By two staircases on the right and left, of easy ascent, you are led up into the auditorium, the floor of which is laid on an inclined plane, and on this the pews or "sittings" are slightly drawn in semicircles down to the base of the altar or pulpit.
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It contains 430 Protestant churches and chapels, with "sittings" for nearly
Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City James Dabney McCabe 1862
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Score Choice only allows you to send score reports from selected "sittings," so you may want to be careful that what you report on the Common Application relates to what you are requesting from the College Board.
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"Sittings of the House of Representatives were adjourned for a week."
March 2, 2023