Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

petty sessions

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: pet-ty ses-sions
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lower-level, local court in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and several Commonwealth countries that handled minor, summary offenses without a jury.

British usage

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

petty sessions pl . (canonical) petty session (singular)

Questions

What does petty sessions mean?: A lower-level, local court in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and several Commonwealth countries that handled minor, summary offenses without a jury.

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