Cŏn'vo-cā'tion, n.
n. [Lat. convocatio, Fr. convocation, Pr. convocatio, Sp. convocacion, It. convocazione.]
Sense 1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
Sense 2. An assembly or meeting.
In the first day there shall be a holy convocation. Ex. xii. 16.
Sense 3. (Church of Eng.) A general assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
‡ It consists of two houses, and is summoned by writ at the same time with parliament, but for more than a century past it has been prorogued immediately upon its assembling.
The convocation was accordingly prorogued in 1717, and has never again sat for any business. Hallam.
Sense 4. (Oxf. University.) An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.
Synonyms—Meeting; assembly; congregation; congress; diet; convention; synod; council.