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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒn.vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /kɑn.vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

convocation (countable and uncountable, plural convocations)

The act of calling or assembling by summons.
An assembly or meeting.
(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.
An academic assembly, in which the business of a university is transacted.
(collective) A flock of eagles.
- 2021, Poojitha Reddy Gosula, The Girl Who Reads Her Past Six Lives: She Is The Army-Chief‎^[1], Notion Press:
  A convocation of eagles around the four corners of the army field flew in.
- 2015, Prasenjeet Kumar, Quiet Phoenix 2: From Failure to Fulfilment: A Memoir of an Introverted Child‎^[2]:
  A convocation of eagles noticed that the young bird was without his mother and took pity on him.
- 2019, Karen Clavelle, The Mother Goose Letters‎^[3], At Bay Press:
  the bird called out to the convocations of eagles where they soared in spirals of wind

Coordinate terms

(academic assembly): commencement

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

act of calling or assembling by summons

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

assembly or meeting

Bulgarian: събиране (bg) (săbirane), събрание (bg) (săbranie)
Czech: shromáždění (cs) n
Dutch: bijeenkomst (nl)
Finnish: kokous (fi), tapaaminen (fi), tilaisuus (fi)
Polish: zebranie (pl) n, wiec (pl) m, zgromadzenie (pl) n, konwokacja f
Russian: собра́ние (ru) (sobránije), сове́т (ru) (sovét)
Swedish: konvokation c möte (sv) n, riksmöte n, riksdag (sv) c
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: درنك (dernek), جمعیت (cemʼiyet), انجمن (encümen), مجلس (meclis), اجتماع (ictimâʼ), محفل (mahfil)

assembly of the clergy

Bulgarian: събор (bg) (săbor)
Czech: synod m, konvokace f
Dutch: convocatie (nl)
Finnish: kirkolliskokous (fi)
Polish: konwokacja f
Russian: сино́д (ru) (sinód)
Swedish: konvokation c, kyrkomöte (sv) n

academic assembly

Czech: konvokace f
Hindi: दीक्षान्त समारोह m (dīkṣānt samāroh)
Malay: konvokesyen (ms)
Polish: konwokacja f

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)

Noun

convocation f (plural convocations)

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

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