Sentence examples for A convocation from inspiring English sources

A convocation of retired generals (including a former chief of the defence staff) and a distinguished Tory foreign secretary (Lord Hurd) have expressed their unease.

A convocation event for 122 graduating students serenaded with arias by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli - flown in at a reported cost of £1m - and our own Royal Philharmonic concert orchestra, interrupted only by the evening call to prayer.

His job was confirmed by the city's presbytery, a convocation of local ministers and elders.

"Is this a convocation of the sensible wing of Ukip?" I asked O'Flynn.

Three years ago, during a convocation at his church, Pastor Wright recorded "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus".

Every fall, the district held a convocation ceremony, which was usually in the Georgia Dome, where the Atlanta Falcons play.

See articleGeorge Bush attended a convocation at the college and ordered flags to be flown at half-mast.

He took the next flight home, and the next day appeared with President Bush at a convocation on campus.

And, at the end of each year, there is a convocation, with its speeches, poems and songs.

Robert Hare, a 19th-century American chemist, summons a convocation of defunct Worthies to answer questions about the afterlife.

This month, a convocation of clergy members met to discuss what to do about the lack of priests.