Noun

(en noun)

A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.

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In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.

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A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.

* 1475 , Higden's Polychronicon :

Seynte Aldelme returnyde to Briteyne..makenge mony noble bookes ... of the rewles of feete metricalle, of metaplasmus, of dialog metricalle.

(computing) A dialog box.

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Noun

(wikipedia colloquy) (colloquies)

A conversation or dialogue.

* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :

And she repeated the free caress into which her colloquies with Maisie almost always broke and which made the child feel that her affection at least was a gage of safety.

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(obsolete) A formal conference.

(Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.

A written discourse.

(legal) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.

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