Synonyms:
convocation, calling_together
Meaning: the act of convoking
Synonyms:
convocation
Meaning: a group gathered in response to a summons
Usage examples
Then came Convocation.
They entertained the committee from the Convocation for dinner, that evening.
The Convocation Chamber was silent, like a bomb with a defective fuse, for all of thirty seconds.
"Well, the first thing will have to be an Act of Convocation, outlawing the ownership of one being by another.
Yet just before she left Patty's Place for Convocation she flung Roy's violets aside and put Gilbert's lilies-of-the-valley in their place.
"I take it that it is the unanimous will of this Convocation that the sovereignty of the Galactic Emperor be acknowledged, and that we, the 'Mastership of Aditya' do here proclaim our loyal allegiance to his Imperial Majesty, Rodrik the Third.
He published, in the king's name, without the consent either of parliament or convocation, an ordinance by which he retrenched many of the ancient holy days; prohibited several superstitions gainful to the clergy, such as pilgrimages, images, relics; and even ordered the incumbents in the parishes to set apart a considerable portion of their revenue for repairs and for the support of exhibitioners and the poor of their parish.