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Convention

The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

A name quite generally used in the United States for a Council of the Church. (See GENERAL CONVENTION, DIOCESAN CONVENTION, also COUNCIL.)

Bibliography Information
Miller, William James. Entry for 'Convention'. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​acd/​c/convention.html. 1901.