convocation
nounUK /kɒn.vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ · US /kɑn.vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From Middle English convocacioun, from Old French convocation, from Latin convocatio, convocationem.
1
The act of calling or assembling by summons.
2
An assembly or meeting.
3
Ecclesiastical, Lifestyle, Religion An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
- Convocation will sit in York too, so the northern church can have its say in how we worship God.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 409:
4
An academic assembly, in which the business of a university is transacted.
5
Collective A flock of eagles.
- Derived terms
- convocational, convocationist, klonvocation, reconvocation
- Coordinate terms
- commencement