See Also: convocation(dictionary)
convocation(dictionary)
CONVOCATION, eccles(law)
COURT OF CONVOCATION, eccles(law)

convocation (iou)



convocation noun. LME.
[Latin convocatio(n-), formed as CONVOCATE: see -ATION.]
The action of calling together or assembling by summons; the state or fact of being called together. LME.
gen. An assembly of people called together or summoned. LME.
A provincial assembly of the clergy. Now spec. a synod of the Anglican clergy of the province of Canterbury or York. LME.
A legislative or deliberative assembly of certain universities. E16.
The parliament of tinners in Cornwall. Cf. STANNATOR. Only in 18.
convocational adjective M17.