Colloquy (from Latin colloquium: con- [together] + loqui [speak])
Meaning "discussion" or "conversation"; may refer to the following:
In law, a colloquy is a routine, highly formalized conversation. Conversations among the judge and lawyers (as opposed to testimony under oath) are colloquys. In criminal court, a colloquy is an investigation within a defendant's plea to reassure that the plea was given knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently.
A religious colloquy is a meeting to settle differences of doctrine or dogma, also called a colloquium (meeting, discussion). Colloquy may also be defined as the conversation of prayer with God, a private opportunity with God the Father, to plead one's need for assistance, reassurance or forgiveness.