different between gathering vs convocation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ.ð?.???/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather +? -ing (verbal noun ending).

Noun

gathering (plural gatherings)

1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

2. A group of people or things.

3. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.

4. A charitable contribution; a collection.
5. (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Translations

Further reading

• gathering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Section (bookbinding) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather +? -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

gathering

1. present participle of gather

Adjective

gathering (not comparable)

1. That gathers together

Derived terms

• data-gathering
• evidence-gathering

Anagrams

• nightgear

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