Cŏn'flu-ençe, n.
n. [Lat. confluentia.]
Sense 1. A flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.
New York stood at the confluence of two rivers. Bancroft.
Sense 2. The running together of people; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage; union.
You see this confluence, this great flood of visitors. Shak.
The confluence . . . of all true joys. Boyle.