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DictionaryplenumFull assembly
noun

plenum

PLEE-num/ˈpliːnəm/

A meeting of all members of an organization.

The council holds a plenum to vote on its new rules.

A small association's entire five-person membership meets around one fully occupied table; a prominent group portrait of the same five people provides a concrete visual reference for the complete body.
Etymology
plenumLatinfull, complete

Latin plenus means full. Plenum first described filled space, then fullness generally; applied to an assembly, that fullness became the presence of the entire membership.

In context

Center for Strategic & International Studies11:39
third plenum of the 18th party Congress said that the private sector or Market forces will be a decisive allocator of resources
Korean Unification in a New Era Panel B

More examples

  • Every member is expected to attend Friday's plenum.
  • The committee approved the budget at its last plenum.
  • The organization holds two plenums each year.

Forms

plenum · plenums · plena

plenary adjective — Including all members of an organization.

Similar words

assembly
An assembly can gather people without requiring every member.
meeting
A meeting need not include an organization's entire membership.