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KJV Dictionary Definition: convocate

convocate

CONVOCATE, v.t. L., to convoke; to call. See Voice. To convoke; to call or summon to meet; to assemble by summons. See Convoke.

convocation

CONVOCATION, n. L.

1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.

2. An assembly.

In the first day there shall be a holy convocation. Exodus 12.

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 house sit the inferior clergy, represented by their proctors, consisting of all the deans and arch-deacons, of one proctor for every chapter, and two for the clergy of every diocese, in all one hundred and forty-three divines, vix. Twenty-two deans, fifty-three arch-deacons, twenty-four prebendaries, and forty-four proctors of the diocesan clergy.

4. An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.