Convocation

Convocation, which they called the Convocation of the Clergy of the

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

In 1941, after a visit to England, I mentioned this subject, quite innocently, in Convocation Hall, and I gathered later that I had shocked quite a number in my audience.

Town Planning 1944

He comes under the auspices, not only of this Club, but also of the Royal Institute of Canada, under whose auspices he speaks in Convocation Hall next Saturday evening, at a quarter past eight o'clock.

A Quarter Century of Communications Development 1940

I showed a slide last night of the christening and if any of you would like the chance of seeing the picture, I shall probably be showing it in Convocation Hall on Friday night.

An Address by Mr. A.J. Adams 1933

"This thing they call the Convocation," Shatrak mentioned.

A Slave is a Slave H. Beam Piper 1934

As the head of the Church of England the consent of the King and also of Parliament must be obtained to any revision of the Litany of the Church and Book of Common Prayer, and no assembly of the Bishops in Convocation can be held without the consent of the King.

The Place of the King in the British Constitution 1910

"Here in the Citadel, in what they call the Convocation Chamber.

A Slave is a Slave H. Beam Piper 1934

The Convocation should be a dignified exercise to which all of the members of the regular faculty in residence at the time as well as all members of the faculty of the Summer Quarter should be expected to be present.

Board of Visitors minutes 1925

In the course of time the lesser clergy found it convenient to confine their attention to the proceedings of the ecclesiastical assemblage known as Convocation; while the lesser nobles, i.e., the poorer and more uninfluential ones, found it to their interest to cast in their lot, not as formerly with the great barons and earls, but with the well-to-do though non-noble knights of the shire.

The Governments of Europe Frederic Austin Ogg 1914

The clergy have a meeting of their own called Convocation; and these three -- Clergy, Lords, and Commons -- are called the Three

Young Folks' History of England Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862