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Convocation vs. Meeting — What's the Difference?

Convocation vs. Meeting — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Convocation and Meeting

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Convocation

A convocation (from the Latin convocare meaning "to call/come together", a translation of the Greek ἐκκλησία ekklēsia) is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose, mostly ecclesiastical or academic. In academic use, in can refer variously to a gathering of all of an institution's alumni, to a ceremony at the start of the academic year to welcome incoming students, and to a graduation ceremony (sometimes otherwise known as a commencement).

Meeting

A meeting is when two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal or business setting, but meetings also occur in a variety of other environments. Many various types of meetings exist.

Convocation

The act of convoking.

Meeting

The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.

Convocation

A group of people convoked, especially the members of a college or university community who are assembled for a ceremony.
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Meeting

An assembly or gathering of people, as for a business, social, or religious purpose.

Convocation

A clerical assembly of the Anglican Church similar to a synod but assembling only when called.

Meeting

The act of persons or things that meet.
Meeting him will be exciting.
I enjoy meeting new people.

Convocation

An assembly of the clergy and representative laity of a section of a diocese of the Episcopal Church.

Meeting

A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
We need to have a meeting about that soon.

Convocation

The district represented at such an assembly.

Meeting

(collective) The people at such a gathering.
What has the meeting decided.

Convocation

The act of calling or assembling by summons.

Meeting

An encounter between people, even accidental.
They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.

Convocation

An assembly or meeting.

Meeting

A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.

Convocation

(ecclesiastical) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.

Meeting

A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.

Convocation

An academic assembly, in which the business of a university is transacted.

Meeting

(Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.

Convocation

(collective) A flock of eagles.

Meeting

Present participle of meet

Convocation

The act of calling or assembling by summons.

Meeting

A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress.

Convocation

An assembly or meeting.
In the first day there shall be a holy convocation.

Meeting

A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers.

Convocation

An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.

Meeting

A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonious meeting.

Convocation

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

Meeting

An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; - in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.

Convocation

A group gathered in response to a summons

Meeting

A formally arranged gathering;
Next year the meeting will be in Chicago
The meeting elected a chairperson

Convocation

The act of convoking

Meeting

The social act of assembling for some common purpose;
His meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day

Meeting

A small informal social gathering;
There was an informal meeting in my livingroom

Meeting

A casual or unexpected convergence;
He still remembers their meeting in Paris
There was a brief encounter in the hallway

Meeting

The act of joining together as one;
The merging of the two groups occurred quickly
There was no meeting of minds

Meeting

A place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers);
Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers

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