colloquy

Speech parts

1. colloquy - Noun

2. colloquy - Verb

Meaning

Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.

In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

council assembly communion convention forum chin parley exchange meeting speech communication debate argument discussion interview
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Antonyms

patter soliloquy agreement literature quiet nonsense
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Hypernyms

conference conversation group discussion

Derivatives

colloquies

Examples

As this was directed against Melanchthon himself, he protested, so that his opponents left, greatly to the satisfaction of the Roman Catholics who now broke off the colloquy, throwing all blame upon the Protestants. Source: Internet

To adjust the matter, the magistrates arranged a colloquy between Huber and Musculus (September 2, 1587), in which the former represented the universalism, the latter the particularism, of grace. Source: Internet

The sacristan's entry, accompanied by his sprightly buffo theme, lifts the mood, as does the generally light-hearted colloquy with Cavaradossi which follows after the latter's entrance. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

colloquist colloquium colloquize collor collosol collothalamic