SITTING (2)

Sit″ting, n. 1. 1. The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
2. 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. 3. The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
4. 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.
The sitting closed in great agitation. Macaulay. 5. 5. The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.
For the understanding of any one of St. Paul's Epistles I read it all through at one sitting. Locke. 6. 6. A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
The male bird . . . amuses her with his songs during the whole time of her sitting. Addison. Sitting room, an apartment where the members of a family usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor, chamber, or kitchen.