Word of the Day : Colloquy

Did You Know?
Colloquy may make you think of colloquial, and there is indeed a connection between the two words. As a matter of fact, colloquy is the parent word from which colloquial was coined in the mid-18th century. Colloquy itself, though now the less common of the two words, has been a part of the English language since the 15th century. It is a descendant of Latin loquī, meaning "to speak." Other descendants of loquī in English include eloquent, loquacious, ventriloquism, and soliloquy, as well as elocution and interlocutor.
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Examples
The company's employees worried and speculated as the executive team remained closeted in an intense colloquy for the entire morning.
"He has a pitch-perfect ear for the cutesy euphemisms parents devise for their little kids ('Don't be a pane of glass') and for their snarky colloquies with precocious teenagers ('That's not the tone you take with your grandmother.' 'I'm not taking a tone, I'm making an argument.' 'Your argument has a tone')." — Rand Richards Cooper, The New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
colloquy (countable and uncountable, plural colloquies)
A conversation or dialogue. [from 16th c.]
(obsolete) A formal conference. [16th-17th c.]
(Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations. [from 17th c.]
A written discourse. [from 18th c.]
(law) 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
Etymology
From Latin colloquium (“conversation”),[1] from com- (“together, with”) (English com-) + form of loquor (“speak”) (from which English locution and other words).[2] Doublet of colloquium.