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symposium |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Symposium \Sym*po"si*um\, n.; pl {Symposia}. [L., fr Gr sympo`sion a drinking party, feast; sy`n with + po`sis a drinking. See {Syn-}, and cf {Potable}.] 1. A drinking together; a merry feast. --T. Warton. 2. A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: symposium n : a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
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