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An assembly or meeting. In the first day there shall be a holy convocation. Ex. xii. 16.

Of or pertaining to a convocation.

An advocate or defender of convocation.

At the same time; simultaneously. [Obs.] Abreast therewith began a convocation. Fuller.

Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary. The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.

to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for). [Obs.] They anhele . . . for the fruit of our convocation. Latimer.

A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament. The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. Macaulay.

The presiding officer of a convocation. Macaulay.

a version prepared in accordance with a resolution passed, in 1870, by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, England. Both English and American revisers were employed on the work. It was first published in a complete form in 1885, and is a revised form of the Authorized Version. See Authorized V…

y prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term. It was resolved that the convocation should meet at the beginning of the next session of Parliament. Macaulay.

Provincial, in which the bishops of only one province meet; -- called also convocations. 4. Diocesan, a synod in which the bishop of the diocese or his representative presides. Among Presbyterians, a synod is composed of several adjoining presbyteries. The members are the ministers and a ruling elder from each parish.…