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Webster 1913 Edition

Symposium

Sym-po′si-um

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Symposia
(#)
.
[L., fr. Gr.
συμπόσιον
a drinking party, feast;
σύν
with +
πόσισ
a drinking. See
Syn-
, and cf.
Potable
.]
1.
A drinking together; a merry feast.
T. Warton.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Symposium

SYMPOSIUM

,
Noun.
sympo'zium. [supra.] A drinking together; a merry feast.

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