Colloquium may refer to: *An academic

seminar A seminar is a form of academic instruction, either at an academic institution or offered by a commercial or professional organization. It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some parti ...

usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting or similarly to a tutorial led by students as is the case in Norway. *A form of testing and assessing students' knowledge in the education system, mainly in universities. *The

Parliament of Scotland The Parliament of Scotland ( sco, Pairlament o Scotland; gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland from the 13th century until 1707. The parliament evolved during the early 13th century from the king's council o ...

, called a "colloquium" in Latin records *Any musical piece celebrating birth or distribution of good news, a hymn (antonyms:

requiem A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( la, Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( la, Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, ...

, coronach) *The part of a complaint for

defamation Defamation is the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person, place or thing that results in damage to its reputation. It can be spoken (slander) or written (libel). It constitutes a tort or a crime. The legal defini ...

in which the plaintiff avers that the defamatory remarks related to him or her

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