sesja

Sesja is a Polish feminine noun meaning a period of formal meetings or a single gathering. It denotes a sitting or sitting of a body, such as a parliament, court, council, or other deliberative assembly. The term is used in politics, law, education, computing, and everyday language. The word derives from French séance (a sitting or session) and has cognates in other languages; in Polish, it is used to describe both the duration of a term of a body and individual meetings within that term.

In politics and law, sesja refers to a session of a legislative or judicial body, for example a plenary session of the Sejm or a city council. These sessions involve debates, votes, and proceedings scheduled for a set period.

In education, sesja is used for the examination period, such as sesja egzaminacyjna or an academic session; it can denote the time when exams are held or study intensively.

In computing, the term sesja describes a user session in software or web services, representing a period of authenticated interaction between a user and a system, often managed with session IDs and cookies.

In everyday use, sesja appears in phrases like sesja terapeutyczna (therapy session) or sesja zdjęciowa (a photo shoot).

Note: there is a related but distinct word seans, used for film screenings or spiritual séances. They are not interchangeable with sesja.