Bible Dictionaries
Symposium

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A drinking together; a merry feast.

(2):

(n.) A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; - so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Symposium'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/symposium.html. 1828.