Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Conversazi-one \Con`ver*sa`zi-o"ne\ (?or ?), n.; pl.
   {Conversazioni}. [It. See {Conversation}.]
   A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on
   literary or scientific subjects. --Gray.

         These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card
         assemblies.                              --A. Drummond.