noun
- meetings where people attempt to communicate with the spirits of dead people
Usage: plural of seance
Examples
- The medium conducted seances in her dimly lit parlor.
- Many people attended seances during the Victorian era.
- She claimed to contact her deceased grandmother during the seances.
- The group held weekly seances to communicate with spirits.
- Skeptics questioned the authenticity of the seances.
- Historical records show that seances were popular in the 19th century.