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発音

• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

convocation (countable and uncountable, plural convocations)

1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
2. An assembly or meeting.
3. (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.

4. An academic assembly, in which the business of a university is transacted.
5. (collective) A flock of eagles.

等位語

• (academic assembly): commencement

派生語

関連する語

• convoke
• convocate