convocation

noun

• 1a large formal assembly of people, in particular:
• (in the Church of England) a representative assembly of clergy of the province of Canterbury or York.
• British a legislative or deliberative assembly of a university.
• North American a formal ceremony for the conferment of university awards.

• 2 [mass noun] the action of calling people together for a large formal assembly: the arguments delayed the convocation of the first congress, planned for February 1992