Parliament vs Convocation - What's the difference?
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Meanings relating to a political body authorized to exercise governmental powers.
# An institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day and usually to exercise legislative powers and sometimes judicial powers.
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# A group of representatives of the people elected or appointed to serve as a parliament (in sense 1 above)'' for a certain period of time. In this sense the word is commonly used with an ordinal number (for example, ''first parliament'' and ''12th parliament'') or a descriptive adjective (for example, ''(Long Parliament)'', ''(Short Parliament)'' and ''(Rump Parliament) ).
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A collective noun for a flock of owls or rooks.
(historical) Parliament cake; a type of gingerbread.
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The act of calling or assembling by summons.
An assembly or meeting.
An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.
Parliament is a related term of convocation.
As a proper noun parliament
is any of several parliaments of various countries.As a noun convocation is
the act of calling or assembling by summons.parliament
English
(wikipedia parliament)Noun
(en noun)- Following the general election, Jane Doe took her oath of office as a member of the nation's fifth parliament .
- A certain boy leaning up against me would not allow my elbow room, and struck me very sadly in the stomach part, though his own was full of my parliament .