I arranged a meeting on Monday. I decided who should attend. I wrote an agenda for the topics that should be discussed. I reserved a conference room for Thursday afternoon. I sent out memos telling people to come.
On Thursday, I held the meeting. I held the meeting I had arranged. I sat at the head of the conference table. I waited for people to come in. I said "OK, we have enough people here, let's get started now. Raymie will begin by bringing us up to date on the status of the project..." That is "holding" a meeting.