n. [ OE. sedicioun, OF. sedition, F. sédition, fr. L. seditio, originally, a going aside; hence, an insurrectionary separation; pref. se-, sed-, aside + itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to go. Cf. Issue. ]
In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate
The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Noisy demagogues who had been accused of sedition. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, . . . emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies. Gal. v. 19, 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An inciter or promoter of sedition. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]