Definition of Audeince
Au"di*ence (&?;), n. [F. audience, L.
audientia, fr. audire to hear. See Audible,
a.] 1. The act of hearing; attention
to sounds.
Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend.
Milton.
2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview,
esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the
transaction of business.
According to the fair play of the world,
Let me have audience: I am sent to speak.
Shak.
3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also
applied by authors to their readers.
Fit audience find, though few.
Milton.
He drew his audience upward to the sky.
Dryden.
Court of audience, or Audience court
(Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop
of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York.
Mozley & W. -- In general (or
open) audience, publicly. --
To give audience, to listen; to admit to an
interview.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The group of people listening to a performance.
- We joined the audience just as the lights went down.
- The readership of a written publication.
- Private Eye has a small but faithful audience.
- A following
- The opera singer expanded his audience by singing songs from the shows.
- A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
- She managed to get an audience with the Pope.
French
- audience, viewer
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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