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/kˈɑnfərəns/ /kˈɑnfrəns/ Listen

noun

Conference n.

1.

The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison. (Obs.) "Helps and furtherances which... the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford."

2.

The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views. "Nor with such free and friendly conference As he hath used of old."

3.

A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.

4.

A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.

5.

(Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.

6.

A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.

Conference meeting, a meeting for conference. Specifically, a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference and prayer. (U. S.)

Conference room, a room for conference and prayer, and for the pastor's less formal addresses. (U. S.)

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Etymology of 'Conference'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Conference" Quotes from Famous Books

... which we shall presently refer, he looked with increasing favor on the figurative interpretation. As a result, Melanchthon's attitude toward the Southern Germans and the Zwinglians also underwent a marked change. When he left to attend the conference with Bucer at Cassel, in December, 1534, Luther in strong terms enjoined him to defend the sacramental union and the oral eating and drinking; namely, that in and with the bread the body of Christ is truly present, distributed, and ...

— Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church • Friedrich Bente

... MARY,—I would not write till I could give you some positive information about the Pleasance, and that could not be done without a conference with Hardy, who was not at home. I am heartily glad that you think of coming among us again, but still I should like to feel certain that it is you that feel equal to it, and not the young ones who are set upon ...

— Henrietta's Wish • Charlotte M. Yonge

... excuse shamefacedly and got themselves out of the room. Lescot and the printer were not slow to follow, and in less than a minute the two strange preachers, the men from Paris, remained the only occupants of the chamber; save, to be precise, a lean official in rusty black, who throughout the conference had ...

— Count Hannibal - A Romance of the Court of France • Stanley J. Weyman

... her head again, advancing toward the door with the evident intention of bringing their conference to a close; but on the threshold she ...

— Madame de Treymes • Edith Wharton

... Examination of William Shakespeare, &c., before Sir Thomas Lucy, touching Deer-stealing, 19th September, 1582; and A Conference of Master Edmund Spenser with the Earl of Essex, touching the state of Ireland, 1595. Fcap. ...

— Chatto & Windus Alphabetical Catalogue of Books in Fiction and General Literature, Sept. 1905 • Various

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