convocation
51convocation — noun a) The act of calling or assembling by summons. b) An assembly or meeting …
52convocation — Synonyms and related words: Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran Council, Vatican Council, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, baccalaureate service, ball, beck, beck and call, bidding, brawl, call, calling, calling forth, caucus,… …
53CONVOCATION — an assemblage of the English clergy, with little or no legislative power, summoned and prorogued by an archbishop under authority of the Crown; one under the Archbishop of Canterbury, held at Canterbury, and one under the Archbishop of York,… …
54convocation — A meeting of people for worship, as on the Sabbath (Lev. 23:1–4) and feast [[➝ feasts]] days (e.g. Tabernacles, Lev. 23:34–6) …
55convocation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. assembly, meeting, conference; see gathering . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. assembly, gathering, convention, congregation, get together, conference, meeting, council. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A number of… …
56convocation — con|vo|ca|tion [ˌkɔnvəˈkeıʃən US ˌka:n ] n 1.) [C usually singular] formal a large formal meeting of a group of people, especially church officials 2.) [U] formal the process of arranging for a large meeting to be held 3.) [C usually singular]… …
57convocation — con|vo|ca|tion [ ,kanvə keıʃn ] noun count 1. ) a formal meeting of the senior members of a church 2. ) in some universities, especially in the U.S., an official ceremony at which university students receive their degrees …
58convocation — con·vo·ca·tion || ‚kÉ’nvəʊ keɪʃn n. summons, convention, assembly …
59Convocation — The traditional assemblies of the Church of England. They have now been replaced by local and national synods …
60convocation — [ˌkɒnvə keɪʃ(ə)n] noun 1》 (in the Church of England) a representative assembly of clergy of the province of Canterbury or York. 2》 Brit. a legislative or deliberative assembly of a university. ↘N. Amer. a formal ceremony for the conferment of …
