convocations
Ceremonial group meetings
Convocations are formal assemblies, typically at academic or religious institutions.
A university convocation marks the opening of the academic year or confers degrees: The freshman convocation welcomed new students.
In religious contexts, a convocation gathers clergy or church members for official business.
The word emphasizes the ceremonial nature of the gathering—people summoned together for a specific purpose.
Church governing assembly
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- bishopsHigh-ranking clergy members
diocese · canonical · assembly · ecclesiastical · papal · conclave · consistory · summoning
Act of starting
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
- universityHigher education institution
- facultyInherent power or ability
- diplomaAcademic completion document
valedictorian · honors · regalia · cap · gown · tassel · procession · summa
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
quorum · plenary · session · summoning · delegates · representatives · assembly · deliberation
Formal moving line
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- circumstanceCondition affecting an event
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- robesLong loose outer garments
formal · invocation · benediction · keynote · speaker · rostrum · march · pageantry
synod
Church governing assembly
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
bishops · diocese · canonical · assembly · ecclesiastical · papal · conclave · consistory · summoning · elders
commencement
Act of starting
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
- universityHigher education institution
- facultyInherent power or ability
diploma · valedictorian · honors · regalia · cap · gown · tassel · procession · summa · magna
parliament
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
chamber · quorum · plenary · session · summoning · delegates · representatives · assembly · deliberation · caucus
procession
Formal moving line
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- circumstanceCondition affecting an event
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
robes · formal · invocation · benediction · keynote · speaker · rostrum · march · pageantry · dignitary
- conferencesconference, symposium, conferences, keynote, forums
- church gatheringschurch council, assemblies, conferences, church assembly, congresses
- Anglican Politydioceses, parishes, synods, archbishops, bishops
- church councilscouncils, synods, church councils, Council of Nicaea, Council of Chalcedon
- church governancediocese, episcopacy, polity, parish councils, archdiocese
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
convocationshangouts
Frequented social venues
get-togethers · bull sessions · klatches · jam sessions · mixers
convocationsdispersals
Acts of spreading outward
dissolutions · disbandments · adjournments · dismissals · scatterings
convocationssolitude
State of being alone
isolation · seclusion · separations · retreats · withdrawals