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a conversation (formal in modern usage); or written dialogue

She thanked everyone who participated in the colloquy.

The last man whom I favored with a colloquy was that stout old republican, Samuel Adams.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- Grandfather's Chair
The colloquy which followed was brief and to the point:
Sinclair, Upton -- The Jungle
Upon which, as is not unusual in such cases, a rather angry colloquy ensued.
Dickens, Charles -- The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club
The colloquy between Tom and Eva was interrupted by a hasty call from Miss Ophelia.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
[A whispered colloquy takes place at the door.
Tennessee Williams -- A Streetcar Named Desire
Yet he never passed in at MY door—never sat in colloquy with ME until midnight.'
Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
The people in hearing of the colloquy became silent; and from them the hush spread afar.
Lew Wallace -- Ben Hur
The conversation at the bottom of the lake is the dialogue of eternity and time, the "Colloquy of the Quick": "To be, or not to be."
Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
I had been standing behind him during this colloquy.
H.G. Wells -- The Island of Dr. Moreau
Don Carlos Stewart took Nels, Monty, and Nick Steele aside out of earshot, and they evidently entered upon an earnest colloquy.
Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars
Her colloquy with Judge Pyncheon, who so perfectly represented the person and attributes of the founder of the family, had called back the dreary past.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables
Into this mild colloquy Edward Rosier entered little; he sat by moodily, watching his small sweetheart.
Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volumes 1 & 2
Joan's opportunity for watching Kells and his men and overhearing their colloquies was as good as it had been back in Cabin Gulch.
Zane Grey -- The Border Legion
Here, being summoned to dinner, they brought their colloquy to a close.
Miguel de Cervantes -- Don Quixote
Now then, their colloquy at an end, they went their ways- Athena toward illustrious Lakedaimon far over sea, to join Odysseus' son.
Homer -- The Odyssey
Miss Ophelia rose from this encouraging colloquy; St. Clare was leaning over the back of her chair.
Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
The rest were silent during the august colloquy.
E.M. Forster -- A Passage to India
Come by anytime you like, whenever you feel the need for a little colloquy.
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
"Blake," interrupted Jane, nervously anxious to terminate a colloquy that she perceived was an ordeal for him.
Zane Grey -- Riders of the Purple Sage

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