conference
noun
- an official assembly of clergy or of clergy and laity, customary in many Christian denominations.
- a group of churches whose representatives regularly meet in such an assembly.
verb (used without object), con·fer·enced, con·fer·enc·ing.
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Contemporary Examples of conference
After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”
Boehner was unanimously selected by the conference as its official nominee for speaker in the coming Congress.
Just this year we sponsored the Reaching Out MBA Conference and in that conference I introduced my fiancé to everybody.
Certainly some of those attending the conference had experience walking that line in the past.
At a conference in London the following week, a senior retired U.S. Air Force commander pooh-poohed counterstealth efforts.
Historical Examples of conference
“What we want is to administer a tonic to the Conference in Milan,” he said airily.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
Long was the conference, and sleepless the couch, of Mr. and Mrs. Morton.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
He had just left a conference of high officers, and he came upon a mission.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
He managed the conference with his usual consummate dexterity.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
She stopped in the roadway, as if to put an end to the conference.
Little DorritCharles Dickens