What is "symposia"

Symposium \Sym*po"si*um\, n.; pl. Symposia. [L., fr. Gr. sympo`sion a drinking party, feast; sy`n with + po`sis a drinking. See Syn-, and cf. Potable.]

1. A drinking together; a merry feast.
   --T. Warton.

2. A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.

n. (en-irregular plural of: symposium)

1. n. a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations

2. [also: symposia (pl)]

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