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symposia
(encz) | symposia,sympozium n: Zdeněk Brož |
Symposia
(gcide) | Symposium \Sym*po"si*um\, n.; pl. Symposia. [L., fr. Gr.
sympo`sion a drinking party, feast; sy`n with + po`sis a
drinking. See Syn-, and cf. Potable.]
1. A drinking together; a merry feast. --T. Warton.
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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.
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symposia
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Symposiac
(gcide) | Symposiac \Sym*po"si*ac\, a. [L. symposiacus, Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to compotations and merrymaking; happening
where company is drinking together; as, symposiac meetings.
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Symposiac disputations amongst my acquaintance.
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]Symposiac \Sym*po"si*ac\, n.
A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet;
hence, any similar gathering.
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Symposiarch
(gcide) | Symposiarch \Sym*po"si*arch\, n. [Gr. ?, ?; ? a symposium + ? to
be first, to rule.] (Gr. Antiq.)
The master of a feast.
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Symposiast
(gcide) | Symposiast \Sym*po"si*ast\, n.
One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking. --Sydney
Smith.
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symposiarch
(wn) | symposiarch
n 1: the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a
banquet [syn: toastmaster, symposiarch] |
symposiast
(wn) | symposiast
n 1: someone who participates in a symposium |
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