symposium

The definition of a symposium is a meeting, discussion or conference about a particular topic.

(noun)

An example of a symposium is a discussion on Shakespeare's later comedies.

See symposium in Webster's New World College Dictionary

in ancient Greece, a drinking party at which there was intellectual conversation
any meeting or social gathering at which ideas are freely exchanged
a conference organized for the discussion of some particular subject
a collection of opinions, esp. a published group of essays, on a given subject

Origin: L < Gr symposion < syn-, together + posis, a drinking < IE base *pō-, to drink > L potio

See symposium in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. sym·po·si·ums or sym·po·si·a (-zē-ə)

A meeting or conference for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.
A collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine.
A convivial meeting for drinking, music, and intellectual discussion among the ancient Greeks.

Origin:

Origin: Latin, drinking party

Origin: , from Greek sumposion

Origin: : sun-, syn-

Origin: + posis, drinking; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots

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