colloquy
(noun) formal conversation
colloquy
(noun) a conversation especially a formal one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
colloquy (countable and uncountable, plural colloquies)
A conversation or dialogue. [from 16th c.]
(obsolete) A formal conference. [16th-17th c.]
(Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations. [from 17th c.]
A written discourse. [from 18th c.]
(legal) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.
• (a conversation of multiple people): soliloquy
• conversation, conference, discourse, discussion
• dialog, dialogue
colloquy (third-person singular simple present colloquys, present participle colloquying, simple past and past participle colloquied)
(intransitive, rare) To converse.
Source: Wiktionary
Col"lo*quy, n.; pl. Colloquies. Etym: [L. colloquium. See Collocution.]
1. Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation. They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about religion. A. Wood.
2. In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
