Why this word is great
CONVOCATION — [Noun] A formal assembly of persons, especially for a ceremonial or ecclesiastical purpose. From Middle English convocacioun, from Old French convocation, from Latin convocatio ("a calling together"), from convocare ("to call together"), from con- ("together") + vocare ("to call"). Unlike a "gathering," which implies a casual, self-determined drift toward company, or a "convention," which denotes a periodic, transactional congress of professional interests, a convocation is a ritual of the called, bound by tradition and office. It is the deep, resonant peal of an academic bell calling black-robed figures into ordered rows; the hushed expectancy before a bishop's procession; the precise alignment of chairs on a vast lawn before the conferring of degrees—a temporary, fragile order carved from the formless years, acknowledging that every community must, at times, hear its own name called aloud to remember it exists.