'Convocation' definitions:
Definition of 'convocation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A group gathered in response to a summons
noun
The act of convoking [syn: convocation, calling together]
Definition of 'Convocation'
From: GCIDE
- Convocation \Con`vo*ca"tion\, n. [L. convocatio: cf. F. convocation. See Convoke.]
- 1. The act of calling or assembling by summons. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An assembly or meeting. [1913 Webster]
- In the first day there shall be a holy convocation. --Ex. xii. 16. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Ch. of Eng.) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Oxf. University) An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.
- Syn: meeting; assembly; congregation; congress; diet; convention; synod; council. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'convocation'
From: 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).
Synonyms of 'convocation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Council of Nicaea,
- Council of Trent,
- 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,
- Lateran Council,
- 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,
- Vatican Council,
- vestry