Category:Symposium

Sym*po"si*um, n.; pl. Symposia. Etym: [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.