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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Symposium

/sĭm-pōz'-ē-əm/ · Sym·po·si·um · IPA /sɪmˈpoʊziəm/
01 n. A drinking together; a merry feast.
pl. Symposia ((#))
  1. 1.
    A drinking together; a merry feast.
  2. 2.
    A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.