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What does "conference" mean?

Conference: 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. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.
  2. 3.A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.
  3. 4.(Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
  4. 5.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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