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symposiacenUK Related to symposiac: symposiasym·po·si·um S0961600 (sĭm-pō′zē-əm)n. pl. sym·po·si·ums or sym·po·si·a (-zē-ə) 1. A meeting or conference for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.2. A collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine.3. A convivial meeting for drinking, music, and intellectual discussion among the ancient Greeks.
[Latin, drinking party, from Greek sumposion : sun-, syn- + posis, drinking; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
sym·po′si·ac′ (-zē-ăk′) adj.symposiac (sɪmˈpəʊzɪˌæk) adj (Education) Also: symposial of, suitable for, or occurring at a symposiumn (Education) an archaic word for symposium[C17: from Latin symposiacus; see symposium] |