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Definition of Convocation
1. Noun. A group gathered in response to a summons.
2. Noun. The act of convoking.
Generic synonyms: Assemblage, Assembly, Gathering
Derivative terms: Convoke
Definition of Convocation
1. n. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
Definition of Convocation
1. Noun. The act of calling or assembling by summons. ¹
2. Noun. An assembly or meeting. ¹
3. Noun. An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs. ¹
4. Noun. An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Convocation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Convocation
Literary usage of Convocation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"С. А. В. convocation: In the Church of England, a deliberative assembly of the
bishops and clergy of each province under their respective metropolitans for ..."
2. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"In each convocation the Bishops form the Upper House: The two the Deans, ...
The legislative powers of convocation are confined to Legis- the making, ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1852)
"Time Articles were thus subscribed by our convocation in 1571, and the Canons in
... Since then the convocation of York has been regularly summoned, met, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The most important and the last work of the convocation during this second period
of its activity was the revision of the Book of Common Prayer, ..."
5. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"This was an inherent prerogative of the crown, long before the time of Henry
VIII, as appears by the statute 8 Hen. VI, c. 1 (convocation ..."
6. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"One of the most important of the ecclesiastical resources had formerly been
convocation ; in which the clergy, by meeting in a body^, ..."
7. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1874)
"You cannot judge of the work of convocation by the debates reported. The great
work of convocation is in its Committees which prepare the work for the ..."
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