of sit-being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.-the state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.-a seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.-the act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.-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 time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.-a brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.