estaban conferenciando
Imperfect progressive ellos/ellas/ustedes conjugation of conferenciar.

conferenciar

Al consolar a la mente hambrienta y ministrar a las almas sedientas, los recipientes de su misericordia no sentían que se le estaban confesando sino más bien que estaban conferenciando con él.
As he comforted hungry minds and ministered to thirsty souls, the recipients of his mercy did not so much feel that they were confessing to him as that they were conferring with him.
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