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Noun
/ˈkäləkwē/,
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colloquies, plural;
  1. A conversation
    • - they broke off their colloquy at once
    • - an evening of sophisticated colloquy
  2. A gathering for discussion of theological questions

  1. (colloquy) a conversation especially a formal one
  2. Colloquies is one of the many works of the "Prince of Christian Humanists", Desiderius Erasmus. Published in 1518, the pages "...held up contemporary religious practices for examination in a more serious but still pervasively ironic tone" . ...
  3. (Colloquy (organization)) Colloquy is an Internet-based organization of individuals who have qualified for membership by virtue of performance on IQ tests and other accepted standardized tests including the ACT, GRE, PSAT and SAT. ...
  4. (Colloquy (religious)) A religious colloquy is a meeting to settle differences of doctrine or dogma, also called a colloquium (meeting, discussion), as in the historical Colloquy at Poissy, and like the legal colloquy, most often with a certain degree of judging involved. ...
  5. (Colloquy (society)) A high IQ society is an organization that limits its membership to people who are within a certain high percentile of Intelligence quotient (IQ) test results. ...
  6. (Colloquy (software)) Colloquy is an open-source IRC, SILC, ICB and XMPP client for Mac OS X. Colloquy uses its own core, known as Chat Core, although in the past it used Irssi as its IRC protocol engine. ...
  7. (colloquy) A conversation or dialogue. [from 16th c.]; A formal conference. [16th-17th c.]; A church court held by certain Reformed denominations. [from 17th c.]; A written discourse. [from 18th c. ...
  8. (Colloquy) Discussion between members during floor proceedings, generally to put on the record a mutual understanding about the intent of a provision or amendment. The discussion is usually scripted in advance.
  9. (colloquy) (n) - informal discussion
  10. 2000. Flute and Orchestra.