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convocation
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Convocation
(gcide) | Convocation \Con`vo*ca"tion\, n. [L. convocatio: cf. F.
convocation. See Convoke.]
1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
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2. An assembly or meeting.
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In the first day there shall be a holy convocation.
--Ex. xii. 16.
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3. (Ch. of Eng.) An assembly of the clergy, by their
representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
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Note: In England, the provinces of Canterbury and York have
each their convocation, but no session for business
were allowed from 1717 to 1861. The Convocation of
Canterbury consists of two houses. In the Convocation
of York the business has been generally conducted in
one assembly.
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4. (Oxf. University) An academical assembly, in which the
business of the university is transacted.
Syn: meeting; assembly; congregation; congress; diet;
convention; synod; council.
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convocation
(wn) | convocation
n 1: a group gathered in response to a summons
2: the act of convoking [syn: convocation, calling together] |
CONVOCATION
(bouvier) | CONVOCATION, eccles. law. This word literally signifies called together. The
assembly of the representatives of the clergy. As to the powers of
convocations, see Shelf. on M. & D. 23., See Court of Convocation.
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Convocation
(gcide) | Convocation \Con`vo*ca"tion\, n. [L. convocatio: cf. F.
convocation. See Convoke.]
1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
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2. An assembly or meeting.
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In the first day there shall be a holy convocation.
--Ex. xii. 16.
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3. (Ch. of Eng.) An assembly of the clergy, by their
representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
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Note: In England, the provinces of Canterbury and York have
each their convocation, but no session for business
were allowed from 1717 to 1861. The Convocation of
Canterbury consists of two houses. In the Convocation
of York the business has been generally conducted in
one assembly.
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4. (Oxf. University) An academical assembly, in which the
business of the university is transacted.
Syn: meeting; assembly; congregation; congress; diet;
convention; synod; council.
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Convocational
(gcide) | Convocational \Con`vo*ca"tion*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a convocation.
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Convocationist
(gcide) | Convocationist \Con`vo*ca"tion*ist\, n.
An advocate or defender of convocation.
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CONVOCATION
(bouvier) | CONVOCATION, eccles. law. This word literally signifies called together. The
assembly of the representatives of the clergy. As to the powers of
convocations, see Shelf. on M. & D. 23., See Court of Convocation.
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COURT OF CONVOCATION
(bouvier) | COURT OF CONVOCATION, eccles. law. The name of an English ecclesiastical
court. It is composed of every bishop, dean, and archdeacon, a proctor for
the chapter, and two proctors for the clergy of each diocese in the province
of Canterbury, for the province of York, there are two proctors for each
archdeaconry.
2. This assembly meets at the time appointed in the king's writ, and
constitute an ecclesiastical parliament. The archbishop and his suffragans,
as his peers, are sitting together, and composing one house, called the
upper house of convocation the deans, archdeacons, and a proctor for the
chapter, and two proctors for the clergy, the lower house. In this house a
prolocutor, performing the duty of a president, is elected.
3. The jurisdiction of this tribunal extends to matters of heresy,
schisms, and other mere spiritual or ecclesiastical causes. Bac. Ab.
Ecclesiastical Courts, A 1.
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