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Another word for colloquy

noun

Spoken exchange:

chat, confabulation, conversation, converse¹, dialogue, discourse, speech, talk. (Informal) confab. (Slang) jaw. See words

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colloquy

n.

debate, dialogue, conference; see conversation, discussion 1.

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These articles were signed by the ten official members of the colloquy: Luther, Jonas, Melanchthon, Osiander, Agricola, Brenz, Oecolampadius, Bucer, Hedio and Zwingli.
The States General met in December; the edict of Orleans (January 1561) followed, and finally, after the colloquy of Poissy, the edict of January 1562, the most liberal, except that of Nantes, ever obtained by the Protestants of France.
He lost favour with Duke John Frederic of Saxony, fell into bad health, was deposed (1555) from his offices, and was disappointed in his hopes of being reinstated, after the colloquy at Eisenach (1J56).
The colloquy of Erasmus De sacerdotiis captandis bears witness to the same state of things.
In the cave the saint held his famous colloquy with the devil, in which Satan was worsted and contemptuously dismissed.

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