conference
Abbr. conf.
1.
2. An assembly of clerical or of clerical and lay members from a particular district in various Protestant churches.
3. Sports. An association of teams.
4. The act of conferring, as of an academic degree.
[Medieval Latin cōnferentia, from Latin cōnferēns, cōnferent- present participle of cōnferre, to bring together. See
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