Conference

n.
  1. The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
  2. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
  3. A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.
  4. A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.
  5. (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
  6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
    7. Conference meeting ,
    a meeting for conference. Specifically, a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference and prayer.
    Conference room ,
    a room for conference and prayer, and for the pastor's less formal addresses.