Convocation

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Convocation \Con`vo*ca"tion\, n. [L. convocatio: cf. F.
     convocation. See {Convoke}.]
     1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
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     2. An assembly or meeting.


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              In the first day there shall be a holy convocation.
                                                    --Ex. xii. 16.
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     3. (Ch. of Eng.) An assembly of the clergy, by their
        representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
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     Note: In England, the provinces of Canterbury and York have
           each their convocation, but no session for business
           were allowed from 1717 to 1861. The Convocation of
           Canterbury consists of two houses. In the Convocation
           of York the business has been generally conducted in
           one assembly.
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     4. (Oxf. University) An academical assembly, in which the
        business of the university is transacted.
  
     Syn: meeting; assembly; congregation; congress; diet;
          convention; synod; council.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  convocation
       n 1: a group gathered in response to a summons
       2: the act of convoking [syn: {calling together}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  107 Moby Thesaurus words for "convocation":
     Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran Council,
     Vatican Council, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home,
     baccalaureate service, ball, beck, beck and call, bidding, brawl,
     call, calling, calling forth, caucus, celebration, ceremonial,
     ceremony, chapter, classis, colloquium, commencement, commission,
     committee, conciliarism, conclave, concourse, conference,
     congregation, congress, consistory, conventicle, convention,
     council, dance, date, diet, diocesan conference,
     ecclesiastical council, ecumenical council, eisteddfod,
     empty formality, evocation, exercise, exercises, festivity, fete,
     forgathering, formal, formality, forum, function, gathering,
     get-together, graduation, graduation exercises, housewarming,
     inaugural, inauguration, indent, initiation, invocation, levee,
     liturgy, meet, meeting, mummery, nod, observance, office, panel,
     parochial church council, parochial council, party, performance,
     plenary council, plenum, preconization, presbytery, prom, quorum,
     rally, reception, religious ceremony, rendezvous, requisition,
     rite, rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual, seance, service,
     session, shindig, sit-in, sitting, soiree, solemnity,
     solemnization, summons, symposium, synod, turnout, vestry
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Convocation
     a meeting of a religious character as distinguished from
     congregation, which was more general, dealing with political and
     legal matters. Hence it is called an "holy convocation." Such
     convocations were the Sabbaths (Lev. 23:2, 3), the Passover (Ex.
     12:16; Lev. 23:7, 8; Num. 28:25), Pentecost (Lev. 23:21), the
     feast of Trumpets (Lev. 23:24; Num. 29:1), the feast of Weeks
     (Num. 28:26), and the feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:35, 36). The
     great fast, the annual day of atonement, was "the holy
     convocation" (Lev. 23:27; Num. 29:7).
     

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CONVOCATION, eccles. law. This word literally signifies called together. The 
  assembly of the representatives of the clergy. As to the powers of 
  convocations, see Shelf. on M. & D. 23., See Court of Convocation.