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n. - Formal conversation; A conversation especially a formal one.

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  • In our Delphi, we added a final colloquy, devoted especially to future issues of practice and policy and to eventual action priorities.
  • Let us recall the colloquy following a television debate between Nation editor David Corn and Richard Perle.
  • A colloquy is a public conversation on the Senate floor that often is used to ratify a deal struck in private. advertisement
  • The only real break he took is when one of his colleagues joined him in an exchange, called a "colloquy" in the chamber.
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