different between encaenia vs convocation

English

Alternative forms

• encenia

Etymology

From Latin encaenia, from Ancient Greek (??) ???????? ((tà) enkaínia, “dedication festival”), from ?? (en, “in”) + ?????? (kainós, “new”).

Noun

encaenia

1. A festival held to mark the anniversary of the dedication of a church or temple; (especially), of the Temple at Jerusalem.
2. The annual commemoration service of founders and benefactors of Oxford University.
   • 1773, Joshua Reynolds, in John Ingamells, John Edgcumbe (eds.), The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale 2000, p. 43:

     I am but just returned from two great shews that have been exhibited lately the review at Portsmouth and the encenia at Oxford.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (enkaínia).

Noun

encaenia n pl (genitive encaeni?rum); second declension

1. (plural only) A consecration or dedication festival

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Derived terms

• encaeni?

References

• encaenia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• encaenia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• encaenia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Middle English convocacioun, from Old French convocation, from Latin convocatio, convocationem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

convocation (countable and uncountable, plural convocations)

1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
2. An assembly or meeting.
3. An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
4. An academic assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.

Coordinate terms

• (academic assembly): commencement

Related terms

• convoke
• convocate

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convocatio, convocationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.v?.ka.sj??/

Noun

convocation f (plural convocations)

1. convocation

Related terms

• convoquer