Convocation Definition

kŏnvə-kāshən
noun
The act of convoking.
Webster's New World
A group of people convoked, especially the members of a college or university community who are assembled for a ceremony.
American Heritage
A clerical assembly of the Anglican Church similar to a synod but assembling only when called.
American Heritage
A group that has been convoked; esp., an ecclesiastical or academic assembly.
Webster's New World
The district represented at such an assembly.
American Heritage
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Noun

Singular:
convocation
Plural:
convocations

Origin of Convocation

  • From Old French convocation, from Latin convocare (“to come together”)

    From Wiktionary

Convocation Sentence Examples

  • They were invited to a council of wider convocation, held at Rome in 382, but very few attended.

  • The last decree proposed the convocation of a national council.

  • On the 10th of August 1792, when the populace of Paris stormed the Tuileries and demanded the abolition of the monarchy, the Legislative Assembly decreed the provisional suspension of the king and the convocation of a national convention which should draw up a constitution.

  • Both in parliament and in Convocation he opposed the Six Articles of 1539, but he stood almost alone.

  • In convocation, when the supremacy was discussed (11th of February 1531), he declared that acceptance would cause the clergy "to be hissed out of the society of God's holy Catholic Church"; and it was his influence that brought in the saving clause, quantum per legem Dei licet.

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