Conferential

con·fer·ence  (knfr-ns, -frns)

n.

1.

a. A meeting for consultation or discussion.

b. An exchange of views.

c. A meeting of committees to settle differences between two legislative bodies.

2. An assembly of clerical or of clerical and lay members from a particular district in various Protestant churches.

3. Sports An association of teams.

4. The act of conferring, as of an academic degree.

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[Medieval Latin cnferentia, from Latin cnferns, cnferent-, present participle of cnferre, to bring together; see confer.]

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confer·ential (-f-rnshl) adj.