About The Word Symposium
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Symposium
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What's The Definition Of 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
Synonyms | Synonyms for Symposium: Related Terms | Find terms related to Symposium: See Also | conference Symposium In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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