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/kˈɑnfərəns/ /kˈɑnfrəns/ Listen

noun

Conference n.

1.

The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison. (Obs.) "Helps and furtherances which... the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford."

2.

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."

3.

A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.

4.

A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.

5.

(Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.

6.

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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"Conference" Quotes from Famous Books

... when she heard the result of their conference; and, with many expressions of thankfulness, promised to leave a lamp at ...

— The Boarding School • Unknown

... feel so too. Whatever may be said to the contrary by others, to me life has been a battle-field, and I believe always will be; but is the soldier necessarily unhappy and disgusted because he is fighting? I trow not. I am reading the history of the Oxford Conference; [5] there is a great deal in it to like, but what do you think of this saying of its leader? "Did it ever strike you, dear Christian, that if the poor world could know what we are in Christ, it would worship us?" [6] I say Pshaw! ...

— The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss • George L. Prentiss

... still smiling, and Henry was left alone in the darkness of the prison lodge, full of interest over what was to occur on the morrow, and anxious that he might be present to see. He knew that the conference of the chiefs would be concerning the new war on Kentucky, and now he was not so anxious to escape at once. A week later would be better, and then if the chance came—he never faltered in his belief that it would come—he could ...

— The Riflemen of the Ohio - A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" • Joseph A. Altsheler

... three years! Can you, then, after all that has passed between us, persist two or three years longer in a contraband traffic? I verily thought, that when we had that long conference two or three months ago, you resolved to close the concern at once; and that, when we parted, I had as good as your promise, that you would. Surely, you cannot ...

— Select Temperance Tracts • American Tract Society

... say two. For in one room given over by the good-natured Mrs. Littell to the young folks there was a most noisy conclave while the older members of the household held a more quiet if no less earnest conference in the library. ...

— Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp • Alice B. Emerson

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