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Sessional(l)y, -ie, adv. [Sessional(l adj.] a. As a kirk-session. b. By or with the authority of the kirk-session. —a. 1658 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 147.
The sessioune haveing mett sessionallie, conforme to thair last act, in thair ordinare plaice of meeting 1694 Dingwall Kirk S. 322.
[The] minister of Dingwall and elders … being sessionalie convened did take to their serious consideration the condition of the steeple and bellhouse —b. 1668 Robertson Cullen Church Ann. 62.
[Two women petition the Session to be] rebuked and absolved sessionally [and not to be] shamed in public 1712 Bk. Arran II 150.
The session finding that there is a continual strife between the inhabitants … think fitt to rebuke them sessionallie