convocation
Definitions
A large formal assembly of people.
The act of calling people together for a meeting or assembly.
A ceremonial assembly of members of a university or college.
Examples
The university held its annual convocation to welcome the incoming freshman class.
The bishop called for a formal convocation of all the clergy in the diocese.
The academic convocation was marked by a procession of faculty in their traditional robes.
Synonyms
assembly gathering meeting convention congress council conclave
Antonyms
disbandment dispersion separation dismissal division scattering dissolution