colloquies

Noun

colloquy (countable and uncountable, plural colloquies)

1. (formal) 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.1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew
2. (obsolete) A formal conference.
3. A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.
4. A written discourse.
5. 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.1999, H. L. Pohlman, The Whole Truth?: A Case of Murder on the Appalachian Trail, →ISBN, page 193
6. 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.2021, Giuseppina Ieraci, “Erasmus' Colloquies: Latin and the Good Life”, in Center for Renaissance and Reformation Studies

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