convocation

From Middle English convocacioun, from Old French convocation, from Latin convocatio, convocationem.

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

convocation (countable and uncountable, plural convocations)

1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
2. An assembly or meeting.
3. (ecclesiastical) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
   • 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 409:

     Convocation will sit in York too, so the northern church can have its say in how we worship God.

4. An academic assembly, in which the business of a university is transacted.
5. (collective) A flock of eagles.

• (academic assembly): commencement

• convoke
• convocate

Learned borrowing from Latin convocātiō. Morphologically, from convoquer +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/

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convocation f (plural convocations)

1. summons (formal request to come, formal order to appear)

• “convocation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.