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Definition of Sitting
Sit´ting | a. | 1. | Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits. | | n. | 1. | The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat. | | 2. | A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings. | | 3. | The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc. | | 4. | 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. | | 5. | The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc. | | 6. | A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls. |
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