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con·fer·ence

C0559400 (kŏn′fər-əns, -frəns)n.1. a. A meeting for consultation or discussion.b. An exchange of views.c. A meeting of committees to settle differences between two legislative bodies.2. An assembly of clerical or of clerical and lay members from a particular district in various Protestant churches.3. Sports An association of teams.4. The act of conferring, as of an academic degree.
[Medieval Latin cōnferentia, from Latin cōnferēns, cōnferent-, present participle of cōnferre, to bring together; see confer.]
con′fer·en′tial (-fə-rĕn′shəl) adj.