Convocation Synonyms

kŏnvə-kāshən
A formal assemblage of the members of a group
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. assembly
  2. meeting
  3. gathering
  4. conference
  5. congress
  6. convention
  7. consistory
  8. calling
  9. caucus
  10. calling together
  11. concourse
  12. synod
  13. council
  14. diet
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Words Related to Convocation

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. collect
  2. assemble
  3. general assembly
  4. office-bearer

Convocation Sentence Examples

  • They were invited to a council of wider convocation, held at Rome in 382, but very few attended.

  • The last decree proposed the convocation of a national council.

  • On the 10th of August 1792, when the populace of Paris stormed the Tuileries and demanded the abolition of the monarchy, the Legislative Assembly decreed the provisional suspension of the king and the convocation of a national convention which should draw up a constitution.

  • Both in parliament and in Convocation he opposed the Six Articles of 1539, but he stood almost alone.

  • In convocation, when the supremacy was discussed (11th of February 1531), he declared that acceptance would cause the clergy "to be hissed out of the society of God's holy Catholic Church"; and it was his influence that brought in the saving clause, quantum per legem Dei licet.

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