symposium
sym·po·sium
noun
1.
a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
Origin
Borrowed from Latin symposium, from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from συμπίνω (sumpínō, “drink together”), from συν- (sun-, “together-”) + πίνω (pínō, “drink”). Morphologically compare compotation.
Phrases
- Oxford University Press
- Symposium in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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