The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SEANCE
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More clues leading to the result SEANCE
- Session with some late arrivals?
- Irishman joins Anglicans for spirited meeting
- Irishman caught at European spiritualists’ meeting
- Such a gathering as might raise the spirits?
- Meeting medium forecasts should raise spirits
- Irishman joins church for spiritual experience
- Notice a knock occasionally intruding during this?
- Hopefully, a spirited session
- Attempt to raise spirits of Irishman with case of champagne
- Notice a knock occasionally interrupting this?
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The straight part
We know that "meeting with 4" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case meeting with 4 = seance.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SEANCE mean?
SEANCE noun- A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium.
- The sitting of an assembly to discuss a matter.
- To hold a séance (communication with spirits).