the act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.-the act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.-a meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.-a meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.-a stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.-a voluntary association of congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.