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conferential

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con⋅fer⋅ence

  [kon-fer-uhns, -fruhns] noun, verb, -enced, -enc⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a meeting for consultation or discussion: a conference between a student and his adviser.
2. the act of conferring or consulting together; consultation, esp. on an important or serious matter.
3. Government. a meeting, as of various committees, to settle disagreements between the two branches of the legislature.
4. an association of athletic teams; league: an intercollegiate conference.
5. Ecclesiastical.
a. an official assembly of clergy or of clergy and laity, customary in many Christian denominations.
b. a group of churches whose representatives regularly meet in such an assembly.
–verb (used without object)
6. to hold or participate in a conference or series of conferences.
Origin:
1530–40; < ML conferentia. See confer, -ence

Related forms:
con⋅fer⋅en⋅tial  [kon-fuh-ren-shuhl] , adjective

Synonyms:
1. parley, colloquium. See convention.
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con·fer·ence   (kŏn'fər-əns, -frəns)   
n.  

    1. A meeting for consultation or discussion.

    2. An exchange of views.

    3. A meeting of committees to settle differences between two legislative bodies.

  2. An assembly of clerical or of clerical and lay members from a particular district in various Protestant churches.

  3. Sports An association of teams.

  4. The act of conferring, as of an academic degree.


[Medieval Latin cōnferentia, from Latin cōnferēns, cōnferent-, present participle of cōnferre, to bring together; see confer.]
con'fer·en'tial (-fə-rěn'shəl) adj.
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Main Entry: con·fer·ence
Pronunciation: 'kän-fr&ns, -f&-r&ns
Function: noun
1 : a meeting for consultation, deliberation, discussion, or interchange of opinions conference on environmental law> —see also JUDICIAL CONFERENCE, PRETRIAL CONFERENCE
2 : a meeting of members of the two branches of a legislature esp. to adjust differences in the provisions of a bill passed in different forms by the two branches; also : CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
3 : CAUCUS
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