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

	

	107 Moby Thesaurus words for "convocation":
   Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran Council,
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   baccalaureate service, ball, beck, beck and call, bidding, brawl,
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   ceremony, chapter, classis, colloquium, commencement, commission,
   committee, conciliarism, conclave, concourse, conference,
   congregation, congress, consistory, conventicle, convention,
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   liturgy, meet, meeting, mummery, nod, observance, office, panel,
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   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

	

	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).

	

	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.