Definition of colloquium
colloquiums
or-quia
play \kə-ˈlō-kwē-ə\: a usually academic meeting at which specialists deliver addresses on a topic or on related topics and then answer questions relating to them … a nine-session scholar-led colloquium to introduce teachers to literary texts by and about minorities … — Bruce Fraser
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A colloquy is a conversation, and especially an important, high-level discussion. Colloquy and colloquium once meant the same thing, though today colloquium always refers to a conference. Because of its old "conversation" meaning, however, a colloquium is a type of conference with important question-and-answer periods.
Origin and Etymology of colloquium
Latin, colloquy
First Known Use: 1844
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playLegal Definition of colloquium
: the part of a complaint for defamation in which the plaintiff avers that the defamatory remarks related to him or her
Origin and Etymology of colloquium
Latin, talk, discussion, from colloqui to converse
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