convocation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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.

Coordinate terms

• (academic assembly): commencement

Derived terms

• convocational
• convocationist
• klonvocation
• reconvocation

 

Related terms

• convoke
• convocate

Translations

act of calling or assembling by summons

• Armenian: գումարում (hy) (gumarum)
• Azerbaijani: çağırış (az)
• Bulgarian: свикване (bg) (svikvane)
• Dutch: bijeenroeping (nl), oproeping (nl)
• Finnish: koollekutsuminen, kutsu (fi)
• Irish: comhghairm f
• Russian: созы́в (ru) (sozýv)
• Swedish: konvokation c
• Ukrainian: скликання n (sklykannja)

assembly or meeting

• Bulgarian: събиране (bg) (sǎbirane), събрание (bg) (sǎbranie)
• Dutch: bijeenkomst (nl)
• Finnish: kokous (fi), tapaaminen (fi), tilaisuus (fi)
• Ottoman Turkish: درنك (dernek), جمعیت (cemʼiyet), انجمن (encümen), مجلس (meclis)
• Russian: собра́ние (ru) (sobránije), сове́т (ru) (sovét)
• Swedish: konvokation c möte (sv) n, riksmöte n, riksdag (sv) c

assembly of the clergy

• Bulgarian: събор (bg) (sǎbor)
• Dutch: convocatie (nl)
• Finnish: kirkolliskokous (fi)
• Russian: сино́д (ru) (sinód)
• Swedish: konvokation c, kyrkomöte (sv) n

academic assembly

• Malay: konvokesyen (ms)​

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

convocation f (plural convocations)

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

Further reading

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