Conference

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.

II. Conference ·noun A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.

III. Conference ·noun A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.

IV. Conference ·noun The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.

V. Conference ·noun A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.

VI. Conference ·noun A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.