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‖ colloquium|kəˈləʊkwɪəm| [L. colloquium conversation: see colloquy.] †1. A conversation, dialogue, colloquy. Obs.
1609Bible (Douay) II. Index, Canticle of Canticles is a sacred Colloquium. 1612Brinsley Lud. Lit. xix. 215 Their first books..Corderius, and other like Colloquiums. 1765T. Hutchinson Hist. Coll. Mass. v. 468 They seldom used any short colloqiums, but each spoke..at large. 2. Law. (See quot.)
1684Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 322 Doubtfull words..which are here applied to the king by innuendo's, when there is no colloquium laid, or speech of the king before. 1797–1809Tomlins Law Dict., Colloquium, a colloquendo. A talking together, or affirming of a thing, laid in declarations for words in actions of slander, etc. 3. A meeting or assembly for discussion; a conference, council. spec. an academic conference or seminar.
1844Ld. Brougham Brit. Const. iii. (1862) 42 The general council, called the Colloquium or Parliament since the Norman Conquest. 1934Nature 14 Apr. 584/2 A Mathematical Colloquium will be held in St. Andrews on July 18–28. 1956G. Ryle et al. Revol. in Philos. 4 Philosophers had now to be philosophers' philosophers; and in their colloquia there was as little room for party politics as there is in courts of law. 1959Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 9 Mar. 743/2 He also lectured..in various Oxford colloquia. 1970Ashmolean Mus.: Rep. Visitors 1969 11 He contributed a paper to the 3rd Atlantic Colloquium at the University of Arhus. |