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convocation
convocation of the Church of Ireland, organized on the English model as a bicameral clerical assembly meeting concurrently with parliament, was first convened in 1613. The upper house comprised the archbishops and bishops, the lower house archdeacons, deans, and ‘proctors’ representing the other clergy.
While purely advisory, lacking any legislative powers, and dependent on government to convene it, convocation was seen by many clergy as an assertion of the church's independence of parliament and its right to be consulted. Convocation drew up the 104 articles of religion ‘agreed upon by the archbishops and bishops and the rest of the clergy of Ireland’ in 1615. Puritan in character, the articles were superseded when, meeting at the same time as parliament in 1634, convocation accepted, under government pressure, the Thirty‐Nine Articles of the Church of England. Convocation met only intermittently from then onwards, in 1636, 1640, and 1661–6. When it convened again, after a gap of over 30 years, from 1704 to 1713, high‐church clergy hoped that it would prove to be an agent of reform, but its debates were frequently acrimonious and inconclusive, and it failed to realize the hopes vested in it. After 1714 Whig governments, suspicious of its high‐church, even Jacobite sentiments, refused to convene it. While meetings of the convocations of Canterbury and York were restored in the mid‐19th century, the Irish convocation never met again, despite calls to have it revived, especially when disestablishment was under consideration in the 1860s. Kenneth Milne |
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"convocation." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "convocation." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-convocation.html "convocation." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-convocation.html |
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convocation
con·vo·ca·tion / ˌkänvəˈkāshən/ • n. 1. a large formal assembly of people. ∎ a formal ceremony at a college or university, as for the conferring of awards. 2. the action of calling people together for a large formal assembly. DERIVATIVES: con·vo·ca·tion·al / -shənl/ adj. |
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"convocation." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "convocation." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-convocation.html "convocation." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-convocation.html |
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Convocation
Convocationan assembly of persons convoked or called together, as the Convocation of Canterbury; a group of high-ranking clergy; in Cornwall, a group of tinners. Examples: convocation of clergy; of eagles; of political worms, 1603. |
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"Convocation." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Convocation." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300443.html "Convocation." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300443.html |
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "convocation." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "convocation." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-convocation.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "convocation." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-convocation.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "convocation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "convocation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-convocation.html T. F. HOAD. "convocation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-convocation.html |
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Convocation
Convocation in the Church of England, a representative assembly of clergy of the province of Canterbury or York.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Convocation." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Convocation." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Convocation.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Convocation." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Convocation.html |
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