conference: Meaning and Definition of

con•fer•ence

1. a meeting for consultation or discussion: a conference between a student and his adviser.
2. the act of conferring or consulting together; consultation, esp. on an important or serious matter.
3. a meeting, as of various committees, to settle disagreements between the two branches of the legislature.
4. an association of athletic teams; league: an intercollegiate conference.
1. an official assembly of clergy or of clergy and laity, customary in many Christian denominations.
2. a group of churches whose representatives regularly meet in such an assembly.

1. to hold or participate in a conference or series of conferences.