1. a meeting where people attempt to communicate with the spirits of dead people

Examples

• The medium conducted a seance in the dimly lit parlor.
• They held a seance to try to contact their deceased grandmother.
• During the seance, the participants sat around a small table holding hands.
• She claimed to receive messages from spirits during the seance.
• The Victorian era was known for popular seances in wealthy households.
• Skeptics argue that seances rely on psychological tricks rather than supernatural communication.