[ad. L. assessiōn-em, n. of action f. assess- ppl. stem of assidēre: see ASSESS. Cf. (in sense 2) AF. assesseaunce.]
1. A sitting beside or together; a session.
1560. J. Daus, trans. Sleidane’s Comm., 374 b. Whome he commaunded that … in the assession … they shoulde exhibite the confession of the doctrine wrytten.
1731. in Bailey.
1852. Bp. Forbes, Nicene Creed, 11. Of His Assession, that He ‘sitteth at the right hand of the Father.’
† 2. = ASSESSMENT. Obs.
1447–8. Shillingford, Lett. (1871), 98. The tenants of his saide fee were not warned to come … to the assession therof.
