Anagrams of: EDACIOUSNESSES

• meanspirited disagreeable contrariness

• inappropriate playfulness

• a woman deacon

• a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

• the part of the general public interested in a source of information, entertainment, or a product/service

• an opportunity to state your case and be heard

• a conference (usually with someone important)

• a state of warm snug comfort

• the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

• belonging to or governing a diocese

• a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese

• to consider or examine in speech or writing

• speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion