CONVOCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does convocation mean? 

• CONVOCATION (noun)
  The noun CONVOCATION has 2 senses:

1. a group gathered in response to a summons

2. the act of convoking

  Familiarity information: CONVOCATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVOCATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group gathered in response to a summons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("convocation" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Derivation:

convoke (call together)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of convoking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

calling together; convocation

Hypernyms ("convocation" is a kind of...):

assemblage; assembly; gathering (the social act of assembling)

Derivation:

convoke (call together)