Bible Dictionaries
Convention

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

(2):

(v. i.) 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.

(3):

(v. i.) General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.

(4):

(v. i.) A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, - civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.

(5):

(v. i.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Convention'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/convention.html. 1828.