convocation

1 a body of people come together in one place <the first speaker to address the convocation> Synonyms assemblage, assembly, conference, congregation, gathering, ingathering, meeting, musterRelated Words company, consort, coterie, gang, pack; caucus, forum, market, panel, rally, symposium, synod; audience, gallery, grandstand, house; crowd, flock, horde, legion, multitude, press, swarm, throng; crush, mob, rabble, rabblement

2 a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose <called for a national convocation of both the clergy and the laity to discuss the crisis in the church> Synonyms assembly, congress, convention, meeting, council, gathering, get-together, huddle, powwowRelated Words clinic, workshop; cabinet, caucus, conclave, synod; demonstration, rally; confab, conversation, dialogue (also dialog), discourse, discussion, palaver, talk; negotiation, parley, summit; conference, forum, round-robin, roundtable, seminar, symposium; audience, interview, session