convocation
noun
con·vo·ca·tion
ˌkän-və-ˈkā-shən 
1
a
: an assembly of persons called together to a meeting
b(1)
: an assembly of bishops and representative clergy of the Church of England
(2)
: a consultative assembly of clergy and lay delegates from one part of an Episcopal diocese
also
: a territorial division of an Episcopal diocese
c
: a ceremonial assembly of members of a college or university
gave a speech at the convocation
2
: the act or process of calling an assembly of persons to a meeting
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Examples of convocation in a Sentence
They called for the immediate convocation of the council.
the first speaker to address the convocation
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The steady tempo of Morrison’s performance is friendly as a church convocation.
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Armond White, National Review, 10 Nov. 2023
Los Angeles comedians joined the seventh 21-and-over convocation of dark comedians and listeners who adore them at Notoriety, a former third-floor multiplex of the Neonopolis center on downtown’s Fremont Street.
—Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
The process is divided into multiple rounds over the course of six days, including convocation, philanthropy, sisterhood, preference and bid day.
—Allison Armijo Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 18 Aug. 2023
Radio host Erick Erickson’s annual convocation of conservative leaders and activists mostly sidestepped the dominant figure in Republican politics.
—Bill Barrow, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023
Also at the beginning of the school convocation, Administrative Assistant Gigi Kuper-Lewis was awarded the district’s Staff Member of the Year Award.
—Matt Leavitt, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023
No one at the convocation remembers Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, William Faulkner, or Flannery O’Connor.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Aug. 2023
As a senior at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, Professor Hamilton participated in the first convocation for young poets at Indiana University, an event financed by the philanthropist Ruth Lilly.
—Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 18 June 2023
Meanwhile, thousands of fans of Japanese pop culture will gather Saturday for the start of Anime Expo, a four-day convocation of people interested in manga art, cosplay and video games with exhibitions and panels at the Los Angeles Convention Center and nearby hotels.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
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Armond White, National Review, 10 Nov. 2023
Los Angeles comedians joined the seventh 21-and-over convocation of dark comedians and listeners who adore them at Notoriety, a former third-floor multiplex of the Neonopolis center on downtown’s Fremont Street.
—Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
The process is divided into multiple rounds over the course of six days, including convocation, philanthropy, sisterhood, preference and bid day.
—Allison Armijo Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 18 Aug. 2023
Radio host Erick Erickson’s annual convocation of conservative leaders and activists mostly sidestepped the dominant figure in Republican politics.
—Bill Barrow, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023
Also at the beginning of the school convocation, Administrative Assistant Gigi Kuper-Lewis was awarded the district’s Staff Member of the Year Award.
—Matt Leavitt, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023
No one at the convocation remembers Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, William Faulkner, or Flannery O’Connor.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Aug. 2023
As a senior at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, Professor Hamilton participated in the first convocation for young poets at Indiana University, an event financed by the philanthropist Ruth Lilly.
—Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 18 June 2023
Meanwhile, thousands of fans of Japanese pop culture will gather Saturday for the start of Anime Expo, a four-day convocation of people interested in manga art, cosplay and video games with exhibitions and panels at the Los Angeles Convention Center and nearby hotels.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
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convocation
noun
con·vo·ca·tion
ˌkän-və-ˈkā-shən
: an assembly of persons called together to a meeting
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