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Meanings of
colloquy
in English
Conversation or debate on religious doctrine or dogma.
colloquium
religious colloquy
religious disputation
Usage of
colloquy
in English
1
The sound of male footsteps in the hall broke up the
colloquy
.
2
While this
colloquy
was going on, the manager appeared in the ring.
3
In the meantime, I had been holding a whispered
colloquy
with Westmore.
4
Through the wicket he held
colloquy
with certain leaders of the throng.
5
The man on the block dismounts, and the two hold rapid
colloquy
.
6
Never man more unlike himself than the bold advertising-agent in this
colloquy
.
7
His father and the hotel proprietor were again engaged in earnest
colloquy
.
8
Willetts stood in earnest
colloquy
with a short, squat Indian-thehalf-breedShadd.
9
The
colloquy
wasn't long enough for me to make a definitive call.
10
Mrs. Dodd and Julia had heard the greatest part of this
colloquy
.
11
Kennedy hastened to stop the
colloquy
before it became an out-and-out quarrel.
12
During this brief
colloquy
,
Mascarin studied the Count with the deepest attention.
13
Smith during this
colloquy
was pacing rapidly up and down the room.
14
Time after time I have overheard some such
colloquy
as the following.
15
With the other details of this first diplomatic
colloquy
Philip was delighted.
16
I heard no more, not even the subdued hum of the
colloquy
.
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colloquy
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
short colloquy
brief colloquy
whisper colloquy
follow colloquy
long colloquy
More collocations
Colloquy
through the time
Colloquy
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common