The act of conversing on a serious subject; a discoursing between two or more, for the purpose of instruction, consultation, or deliberation; formal discourse; oral discussion. For they who seemed to be somewhat, in conference added nothing to me. Galatians 2:6. The ministers had a conference at Ratisbon.

A meeting for consultation, discussion or instruction.

Comparison; examination of things by comparison. The mutual conference of observations. The conference of different passages of scripture.