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• n  a large formal assembly
  political convention
• n  something regarded as a normative example
  the convention of not naming the main character
• n  (diplomacy) an international agreement
• n  orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
• n  the act of convening

• WENDELL ANDERSON, 43, the Minnesota Governor who is chairman of the party's platform committee and will brief the convention on the platform's contents.
• IT was the 36th time that the Democrats met in convention since Andrew Jackson first called the faithful to Baltimore in 1832.
• Instead may I ask the convention to remain in session tomorrow that I may appear before you and be notified at that time?" The convention assented.

• normal
• pattern
• rule
• formula
• conventionality
• conventionalism
• convening

• unconventionality

News & Articles

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• Southern Baptist Convention supports resolution to sever ties with Boy Scouts
  The Southern Baptist Convention supports severing ties with Boy Scouts over the recent decision to include openly-gay boys into scouts
  June 12, 2013 - ABC 13 Houston
• Texas: Southern Baptist Convention Re-elects Leader
  The Southern Baptist Convention re-elected the Rev. Fred Luter Jr. as the denomination’s president at its annual meeting Tuesday in Houston.
  June 12, 2013 - New York Times
• Convention Authority Chief Ralenkotter Gets 8 Percent Raise
  Rossi Ralenkotter's annual raise was approved Tuesday by the board of directors for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. At its meeting Tuesday, the board unanimously approved salary increases for Ralenkotter, president and CEO, and Luke Puschnig,
  June 11, 2013 - Las Vegas Review-Journal

Quotes

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• Mitt Romney in Globe and Mail
  I must now stand aside, for our party and our country,Mr. Romney told conservatives. "If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator...
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Houston Chronicle
  There is no doubt in anyone's mind that this is Barack Obama's convention,Clinton told reporters early in the day.
• Nick Clegg in Telegraph.co.uk
  Mr Clegg said that he would also be supporting their stance, adding: "Convention is that political leaders, party leaders, do not talk about the Speaker. My view is that it is exactly that culture of unwritten conventions, unspoken rules and nods...