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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Conference \Con"fer*ence\, n. [F. conf['e]rence. See {Confer}.]
     1. The act of comparing two or more things together;
        comparison. [Obs.]
  
              Helps and furtherances which . . . the mutual
              conference of all men's collections and observations
              may afford.                           --Hocker.
  
     2. The act of consulting together formally; serious
        conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
  
              Nor with such free and friendly conference As he
              hath used of old.                     --Shak.
  
     3. A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange
        of opinions.
  
     4. A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their
        committees, to adjust between them.
  
     5. (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and
        others, invested with authority to take cognizance of
        ecclesiastical matters.
  
     6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a
        district; the district in which such churches are.
  
     {Conference meeting}, a meeting for conference. Specifically,
        a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference
        and prayer. [U. S.]
  
     {Conference room}, a room for conference and prayer, and for
        the pastor's less formal addresses. [U. S.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conference
       n 1: a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of
            information or discussion (especially one with a formal
            agenda)
       2: an association of sports teams that organizes matches for
          its members [syn: {league}]
       3: a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious)
          topic [syn: {group discussion}]

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