Colloquy - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Colloquy :  (noun)
1: a conversation especially a formal one
2: formal conversation

Based on WordNet 2.0

Colloquy : \Col"lo*quy\, n.; pl. Colloquies. [L. colloquium. See Collocution.] 1. Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.

They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about religion. --A. Wood.

2. In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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