Convocation was supposed to be a fun all-day event to get us new students acquainted with the university, but it really just felt like a ceremonial waste of time.
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Convocation
Synonyms for "convocation" (111 found)
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Related words (55)
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parochial church councilparochial councilpartyperformanceplenary councilplenumpreconizationpresbyterypromquorumrallyreceptionreligious ceremonyrendezvousrequisitionriterite de passagerite of passageritualseanceservicesessionshindigsit insit-insittingsoireesolemnitysolemnizationsummonssymposiumsynodturnoutvatican councilvestry
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1 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 13 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- գումարում noun (act of calling or assembling by summons)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- çağırış noun (act of calling or assembling by summons)
Bulgarian
4 entries- свикване noun (act of calling or assembling by summons)
- събиране noun (assembly or meeting)
- събор noun (assembly of the clergy)
- събрание noun (assembly or meeting)
Dutch
4 entries- bijeenkomst noun (assembly or meeting)
- bijeenroeping noun (act of calling or assembling by summons)
- convocatie noun (assembly of the clergy)
- oproeping noun (act of calling or assembling by summons)
Finnish
4 entries- kirkolliskokous noun (assembly of the clergy)
- kokous noun (assembly or meeting)
- koollekutsuminen noun (act of calling or assembling by summons)
- kutsu noun (act of calling or assembling by summons)
Hindi
1 entries- दीक्षान्त समारोह noun (academic assembly)
Irish
1 entries- comhghairm noun (act of calling or assembling by summons)
Malay
1 entries- konvokesyen noun (academic assembly)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- اجتماع noun (assembly or meeting)
- انجمن noun (assembly or meeting)
- جمعیت noun (assembly or meeting)
- درنك noun (assembly or meeting)
Polish
4 entries- konwokacja noun (assembly or meeting)
- konwokacja noun (assembly of the clergy)
- konwokacja noun (academic assembly)
- wiec noun (assembly or meeting)
Russian
4 entries- сино́д noun (assembly of the clergy)
- собра́ние noun (assembly or meeting)
- сове́т noun (assembly or meeting)
- созы́в noun (act of calling or assembling by summons)
Swedish
4 entries- konvokation noun (act of calling or assembling by summons)
- konvokation noun (assembly of the clergy)
- konvokation c möte noun (assembly or meeting)
- kyrkomöte noun (assembly of the clergy)
Ukrainian
1 entries- скликання noun (act of calling or assembling by summons)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
At the convocation, all the faculty and deans wore their doctoral regalia and octagonal hats.
Source: tatoeba (10913263)
The senator showed up at the convocation and told the story about his dad being an exterminator, just like he does every year.
Source: tatoeba (10913264)
Tom's speech at the convocation made me cry because I knew he only learned English six years ago!
Source: tatoeba (10913265)
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