1.The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison. (Obs.) "Helps and furtherances which... the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford."
2.The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views. "Nor with such free and friendly conference As he hath used of old."
3.A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.
4.A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.
5.(Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
6.A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
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