The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition. "The conventions or associations of several particles of matter into bodies of any certain denomination."
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General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality. "There are thousands now Such women, but convention beats them down."
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A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical. "He set himself to the making of good laws in a grand convention of his nobles.""A convention of delegates from all the States, to meet in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of reserving the federal system, and correcting its defects."
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(Eng. Hist) An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II. "Our gratitude is due... to the Long Parliament, to the Convention, and to William of Orange."
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An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments. "This convention, I think from my soul, is nothing but a stipulation for national ignominy; a truce without a suspension of hostilities.""The convention with the State of Georgia has been ratified by their Legislature."
... to turn from peaceful occupations and take his share in patriotic efforts for parliamentary refortn; this reform was pressed on the parliament sitting in Dublin by a delegation from a convention of the Irish volunteers. They were raised in 1778 during the American War, when England had not enough troops for the defence of Ireland. The principal Irish nobility and gentry enrolled themselves, and ... — Richard Lovell Edgeworth - A Selection From His Memoir • Richard Lovell Edgeworth Read full book for free!
... not only one of the most beautiful cities in New England, but is especially adapted for a great convention like the Fifty-fourth Annual gathering of the American Missionary Association. With cordial hospitality the members of the churches and citizens of Springfield have opened their homes and hearts to welcome the ... — The American Missionary -- Volume 54, No. 4, October, 1900 • Various Read full book for free!
... "to be a fraternity of great antiquity, by a convention agreed upon between them and the Dean and Chapter of St. Martin's-le-Grand, about the reign of Richard I., at which time I imagine it to have been an Adulterine Guild, seeing it was only incorporated by letters patent of Edward I., by the appellation of 'The Wardens, or Keepers and Commonalty ... — Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury Read full book for free!
... be remembered that the terms of Villafranca, in so far as the question of armed intervention was concerned, had never been finally ratified; and it was Napoleon's wish that the European Powers should form a Congress at Zuerich, at which the Convention would acquire the stability of a European treaty, and the nature of the proposed Italian Federation be finally defined. Lord John and Palmerston, while protesting against the clause of the treaty which, by including Venice in the Federation, ... — Lady John Russell • Desmond MacCarthy and Agatha Russell Read full book for free!
... Lawd By'on evva qua'led with his lady, Mistoo Itchlin. But I s'pose you know 'tis but a slandeh of the pwess. Yesseh. As, faw instance, thass anotheh slandeh of the pwess that the delegates qua'led ad the Chawleston convention. They only pwetend to qua'l; so, by that way, to mizguide those Abolish-nists. Mistoo Itchlin, I am p'ojecting to 'ite some obitua' 'emawks about that Lady By'on, but I scass know w'etheh to 'ite them in the poetic style aw in the p'osaic. Which ... — Dr. Sevier • George W. Cable Read full book for free!