convocation
konvokesyen
definition
noun
This was their second reunion as a similar convocation gathered for a get together in Summerhill twenty-five years ago.
a large formal assembly of people.
From Megiddo in 1485 BC to Kosovo in ad 1999, this argument runs, the only thing all wars have had in common has been to increase governments' powers of convocation and coercion.
the action of calling people together for a large formal assembly.
example
This degree is to be awarded at their 'convocation' on June 16, 2005.
As his column notes, Yale has on the contrary already ‘postponed’ its freshman 'convocation' for the first time in its history.
The first gold medal will be awarded in the 2004 'convocation' to be held in late March.
The petition went on to demand the eight-hour working day, the separation of church from state, a fair wage, land to be redistributed, and the 'convocation' of a constituent assembly.
The proposal is to complete the 'convocation' by July ’, Prof. Ponnusamy states.
The President's Office confirmed the award winner would be honored during the university's spring awards 'convocation' , lending additional legitimacy to the award.
The 'convocation' of a national representative assembly meant the end of absolute monarchy.
As many as 63 students were awarded diplomas at the annual 'convocation' of the Indo-Swiss Training Centre here yesterday.
The six-college 'convocation' fostered a creative and supportive relationship between the faculty, staff and students who attended.
Work approved by the select committee will finally be taken to a general 'convocation' for a stamp of approval.
For the first time, all-university awards formerly presented at a spring ceremony will be presented during the fall 'convocation' .
Conversely he extends the hand of friendship to other heads of faiths at a 'convocation' he convened in Rome.
This was their second reunion as a similar 'convocation' gathered for a get together in Summerhill twenty-five years ago.
Inevitably, the kids come to adore him, and he enters their group in a local competition, a plan which an angry 'convocation' of parents threatens to derail.
I was involved in the largest 'convocation' we ever held, and I will cherish that memory forever.
The three were selected from 25 nominations submitted last month and will be recognized at the university's spring awards 'convocation' March 28.
Well, I have to be around campus this weekend to participate in the honors 'convocation' , so I get to wear my pretty little skirt, hood, and scholarly looking square cap for three whole hours on Saturday!
From Megiddo in 1485 BC to Kosovo in ad 1999, this argument runs, the only thing all wars have had in common has been to increase governments' powers of 'convocation' and coercion.
The annual faculty and staff spring awards 'convocation' will be held Monday, April 16.
The day we visited, the streets bubbled with life as people in luminous blue gowns headed to a 'convocation' at the cathedral.
The College of Agriculture presented annual awards to faculty and staff at its spring semester 'convocation' Jan.13.
‘The numbers are many,’ she told the 'convocation' audience of more than 1,200.
Eleven months after receiving an invitation to address this topic for a Lutheran 'convocation' of teaching theologians, my wife of twenty-six years was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
the arguments delayed the 'convocation' of the first congress, planned for February 1992
Those inadequate and closely-packed, green leather benches facing each other in that stuffy chamber would induce quick tempers, name calling and fist fights in a 'convocation' of Quaker pacifists.
Over the past several years, the 'convocation' has been held at Ohio State, the University of Michigan and the University of California at Berkeley.
One such initiative was the 'convocation' that was held here recently for these children.
The deputies did not forget that what had forced the 'convocation' of the future National Assembly was the scale of the State's debts.
Incoming students also participate in a freshman 'convocation' that serves to welcome first-generation families.
Decision-making would be slow, if it routinely required the 'convocation' of a large number of people to take management decisions.
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