n.

1. 召集[U]
   The date for the convocation of the People's Congress was announced.

   人民代表大會召開的日期已經公布了。

2. （尤指宗教或學術上的）會議[C]
   Her husband was away at an academic convocation when she was suddenly hospitalized.

   她突然住院時她丈夫正在外地參加一個學術會議。

n.

1. (in the Church of England) a representative assembly of clergy of the province of Canterbury or York.
2. Brit. a legislative or deliberative assembly of a university.
   ▸N. Amer. a formal ceremony for the conferment of university awards.
3. the action of convoking a large formal assembly.