Associations to the word «Convocation»

Wiktionary

CONVOCATION, noun. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
CONVOCATION, noun. An assembly or meeting.
CONVOCATION, noun. An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
CONVOCATION, noun. An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.

Dictionary definition

CONVOCATION, noun. A group gathered in response to a summons.
CONVOCATION, noun. The act of convoking.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats