Colloquy Definition

kŏlə-kwē
colloquies
noun
A conversation, esp. a formal discussion; conference.
Webster's New World
A written dialogue.
American Heritage
Any formal conference, conversation, or discussion between the lawyers and the judge during a judicial proceeding.
Webster's New World Law

(Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations. [from 17th c.]

Wiktionary

(law) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.

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Other Word Forms of Colloquy

Noun

Singular:
colloquy
Plural:
colloquies

Origin of Colloquy

  • From Latin colloquium (“conversation”), from com- (“together, with”) (English com-) + form of loquor (“speak”) (from which English locution and other words).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin colloquium conversation colloquium

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Colloquy Sentence Examples

  • Catherine went home by land and stayed for a month in Genoa with Madonna Orietta Scotti, a noble lady of that city, at whose house Gregory had a long colloquy with her, which encouraged him to push on to Rome.

  • At the colloquy of Marburg "Zwingli offered his hand to Luther with the entreaty that they be at least Christian brethren, but Luther refused it and declared that the Swiss were of another spirit.

  • His conspicuous ability was shown in the abortive Colloquy of Poissy (1561).

  • In the cave the saint held his famous colloquy with the devil, in which Satan was worsted and contemptuously dismissed.

  • Theodore Beza from Geneva and Peter Martyr Vermigli from Zurich appeared at the colloquy; the German theologians to whom invitations had been despatched only arrived in Paris after the discussion was broken off.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOL

Words Ending With

YUYQUY

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colloquy

Words Starting With C and Ending With Y

Starts With C & Ends With YStarts With CO & Ends With YStarts With C & Ends With UY

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