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\Sym*po"si*um\, n.; pl. {Symposia}. [L., fr. Gr.
sympo`sion a drinking party, feast; sy`n with + po`sis 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.
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