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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Convocation \Con'vo*ca"tion\, noun [L. convocatio: cf. F. convocation. See {Convoke}.]
1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
2. An assembly or meeting.
In the first day there shall be a holy convocation. --Ex. xii. 16.
3. (Ch. of Eng.) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
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.
4. (Oxf. University) An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.
Syn: meeting; assembly; congregation; congress; diet; convention; synod; council.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
convocation
noun
1: a group gathered in response to a summons
2: the act of convoking [syn: {calling together}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "convocation": Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran Council, Vatican Council, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, baccalaureate service, ball, beck, beck and call, bidding, brawl, call, calling, calling forth, caucus, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, chapter, classis, colloquium, commencement, commission, committee, conciliarism, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, consistory, conventicle, convention, council, dance, date, diet, diocesan conference, ecclesiastical council, ecumenical council, eisteddfod, empty formality, evocation, exercise, exercises, festivity, fete, forgathering, formal, formality, forum, function, gathering, get-together, graduation, graduation exercises, housewarming, inaugural, inauguration, indent, initiation, invocation, levee, liturgy, meet, meeting, mummery, nod, observance, office, panel, parochial church council, parochial council, party, performance, plenary council, plenum, preconization, presbytery, prom, quorum, rally, reception, religious ceremony, rendezvous, requisition, rite, rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual, seance, service, session, shindig, sit-in, sitting, soiree, solemnity, solemnization, summons, symposium, synod, turnout, vestry
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Convocation a meeting of a religious character as distinguished from congregation, which was more general, dealing with political and legal matters. Hence it is called an "holy convocation." Such convocations were the Sabbaths (Lev. 23:2, 3), the Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:7, 8; Num. 28:25), Pentecost (Lev. 23:21), the feast of Trumpets (Lev. 23:24; Num. 29:1), the feast of Weeks (Num. 28:26), and the feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:35, 36). The great fast, the annual day of atonement, was "the holy convocation" (Lev. 23:27; Num. 29:7).
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