A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.
The readership of a book or other written publication.
A following.
An audiencia (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the territory administered by it.
A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program.
A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
The people at such a gathering.
A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
The act of persons or things that meet.
An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
An encounter between people, even accidental.