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miniconvention
[ min-ee-kuhn-ven-shuhn ]
noun
- a small-scale or preliminary convention, especially a political convention prior to a larger or national convention.
Word History and Origins
Origin of miniconvention1
Example Sentences
In an act of defiance aimed at “Adolf” Hoekstra, as Beyer called him, he and Studebaker announced their own miniconvention.
That is what they did Thursday and Friday at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, a sort of miniconvention for about a thousand of the most committed activists in a region that has become a party bulwark.
In addition, the decision by the AFL-CIO to consider endorsing a candidate this December means that there will be an important miniconvention before the primaries even begin.
The party's legislative program will be high on the agenda of the Democrats' miniconvention in Kansas City, Mo., next month.
Wallace is also preparing for the Democratic miniconvention to be held in Kansas City in December.
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