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a large formal meeting, especially of Church officials or members of a university （尤指教會或大學的）大型正式會議 the meeting of the university convocation in Oxford on 13 February 1845 1845年2月13日在牛津大學召開的會議
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the act of calling together a convocation 召集會議 the convocation of the second Vatican Council 梵蒂岡第二次會議的召開
- [countable] (North American English)
a ceremony held in a university or college when students receive their degrees （大學的）學位授予典禮，畢業典禮 I recently attended my friend's convocation ceremony. 我最近參加了我朋友的畢業典禮。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin convocatio(n-), from the verb convocare, from con- ‘together’ + vocare ‘call’.