Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-VO-CA'TION, n. [L. convocatio.]

1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
2. An assembly. In the first day there shall be a holy convocation. – Ex. xii.
3. In England, an assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs. It is held during the session of parliament, and consists of an upper and lower house. In the upper house sit the archbishops and bishops; in the lower or house sit the inferior clergy, represented by their proctors, consisting of all the deans and archdeacons, of one proctor for every chapter, and two for the clergy of every diocese, in all, one hundred and forty three divines, viz. twenty two deans, fifty three archdeacons, twenty four prebendaries, and forty four proctors of the diocesan clergy. – Encyc.
4. An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted. – Laud.