A meeting convened to address a crisis or to make a plan of attack.
A committee of high-ranking military officers convened to consult on urgent matters in wartime.
A legislative session (in the sense of "meeting", not "period").
Uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.
The incubation of eggs by a bird.
A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.
A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.
The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.
Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.
Executed from a sitting position.