D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Forum

/fôr'-əm/ · Fo·rum · IPA /ˈfɔɹəm/
01 n. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
pl. Forums, Fora ((#))
  1. 1.
    A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
  2. 2.
    A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.
    “He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the forum.” — Brougham.