The phrase "a formal sitting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a formal meeting, gathering, or session is taking place, often in legal, academic, or ceremonial settings.
Example: "The committee will hold a formal sitting to discuss the proposed changes to the policy."
Alternatives: "an official meeting" or "a formal gathering".
For a formal sitting pick a length of time to sit.
Down an interior flight of limestone stairs from the small entry hall were two quilt-topped queen beds; a couple of petite antique writing desks; an oversized armoire; and a formal sitting area with six mosaic-inlaid straight-backed chairs, arrayed as if awaiting relatives on a chaperoned wedding night.
At 169 East 69th Street, an understated but elegant co-op between Lexington and Third Avenues, the laundry-room library has been elevated to something approximating a formal sitting room.
It will resume at 3 p.m. for a formal sitting to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the European Parliament.
The signing of the Treaty will take place in Lisbon on 13 December, and on the previous day - the twelfth of December, as agreed with the Presidents of the European Council and the Commission - we shall proclaim the Charter of Fundamental Rights at a formal sitting here in Strasbourg.
Each day of the retreat typically included formal sitting meditation, walking meditation, yoga, and workshops.
In the formal sitting: assume a relaxed and upright posture.
Dvir says this in the Palestinian family's formal sitting room, an ornate expanse of couches and rugs and large windows overlooking Atil.
But you wouldn't know it upon meeting the matriarch of the Newhouse family in the formal sitting room of her Park Avenue apartment.
I wrote to ask if he or Hirsch could also send me the snapshots that, after the formal sitting, Hirsch had taken of the Queen and the Duke looking at a picture of Struth's dog, Gabby, which Struth had thought to pack when making his meticulous preparations.
Since the Palsars choose command posts for their spaciousness and their height, for the view they provide of their immediate surroundings, these house seizures tend to fall most heavily upon wealthier Palestinians, as is the case here; the family living in the pleasant home with its modern kitchen and formal sitting room was simply told to pack up and find somewhere else to stay for a few days.
