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.
Any source of heckling, unwelcome commentary or criticism, especially from a know-it-all or of an inexpert nature. May also now refer to general audience response: "Let's hear it from the peanut gallery."
The upper balcony to which black patrons were restricted in racially segregated venues such as theatres.
In the nineteenth century, the cheap seats at the back of a theatre or in the upper balcony.