convention

n. அவை கூட்டுகை, பேராண்மைப்பேரவை, பிரதிநிதிகள் கூட்டாய்வுக் கழகம், தனி முறைச் சிறப்புப் பேரவை, பொதுப்பிரதிநிதி வேட்பாளர் தேர்வுக்கான கட்சிப் பெருங்குழு, அரசியலமைப்பாண்மைச் சிறப்புக் குழு, (வர.) பிரிட்டனில் 1660-இ 166க்ஷ்-இ நடைபெற்ற மன்னர் அழைப்புத் பெறாத சட்டமன்றக் கூட்டம், பொது இணக்க ஒப்பந்தம், தற்காலிக உடன்படிக்கை, ஒப்பந்த மரபு வழக்கு, எழுதாச் சட்டம், புலனெறி வழக்கம், வழக்கு முறைமை, நடைமுறை மரபு, நாண்முறைமை, சீட்டாட்ட வழக்கு நடைமுறை.

Synonyms

assemblage meeting gathering conference cabinet convocation congress session synod treaty compact

Antonyms

recess non-convention dissolution prorogation promise understanding word parole

Con*ven"tion, n. Etym: [L. conventio: cf. F. convention. See Convene, v. i.] 1. 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. Boyle. 2. General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality. There are thousands now Such women, but convention beats them down. Tennyson. 3. 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. Sir R. Baker. 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. W. Irving. 4. (Eng. Hist) Defn: 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. Macaulay. 5. An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a traety; 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 convetion 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. Ld. Chatham. The convention with the State of georgia has been ratified by their Legislature. T. Jefferson.

convention - Similar Words

reconvention conventioner conventional convection contention conventionist conventionary contravention obvention invention