colloquy

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A conversation or dialogue.

   “And she repeated the free caress into which her colloquies with Maisie almost always broke and which made the child feel that her affection at least was a gage of safety.”

   “House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.”

2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A formal conference.
3. (countable, uncountable)A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.
4. (countable, uncountable)A written discourse.
5. (countable, uncountable)A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what his or her rights are.

   “At the end of the colloquy, Judge Spicer asked Carr whether anyone had "pressured" him into accepting the deal.”

6. (countable, uncountable)A collection of scripted dialogues written as a textbook, or a set of exercises, to help students to practice and improve their Latin or Ancient Greek. See: Colloquy

   “The Colloquies are, in essence, a textbook of linguistic exercises to help students to practice and improve their Latin, but Erasmus also recognized his book’s potential for inspiring Europe with his humanist ideals.”

   “That a man should speak Latin was taken for granted, but to speak good Latin required training, and to give this training was the object of numerous school colloquies, which aimed to teach the Latin of Terence and of Cicero's Letters, ...”

verb

1. (intransitive, rare)To converse.