convocation

The typically somber atmosphere at the bi-annual church convocation was punctuated by hollers, applause and a shout of “brill!”

I show one to my college adviser, a semi-famous poet; he has just chosen me to attend a poetry convocation in Indiana.

And know this: Despite the willfully informal name, the import of such a convocation was immense.

The new creed, called the King's Book, approved by the houses of convocation, and made the standard of English orthodoxy.