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A conversation or dialogue. quotations examples
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
House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.
1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
(obsolete) A formal conference.
(Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations. examples
A written discourse. examples
(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. quotations examples
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, page 193
third-person singular simple present colloquies, present participle colloquying, simple past and past participle colloquied
(intransitive, rare) To converse.