Meaning & use
Plenaries
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Full assembly meetings or sessions attended by all members of a conference, council, or organization, as opposed to smaller breakout sessions.
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The conference schedule included two plenaries and a dozen smaller workshops.
Delegates gathered for the closing plenaries to vote on the final resolution.
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"Plenaries" is the plural of "plenary" used as a noun; the word derives from the Latin plenus, meaning "full."
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general assembliesfull sessions
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