Definition of: symposium

(sim·pō′zē·əm) noun
1. A meeting for discussion of a particular subject.
2. A collection of comments or opinions brought together; especially, a series of several brief essays or articles on the same subject by different writers, as in a magazine.
3. In ancient Greece, an after–dinner drinking party, characterized by conversation, music, dancing, and other amusements.
4. Any similar social gathering. Also called symposiac. Also sym·po′si·on (-zē·on). [<L <Gk. symposion <syn- together + posis a drinking <po-, stem of pinein drink]