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What is a roll call?

What is a roll call? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. the reading aloud of a list of names, and subsequent responses, in order to determine who is present or absent
  2. the time of day fixed for such an event
  3. such an event in a legislative body in order to determine if a quorum exists
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Of course, this seems like a pretty complex system for what we used to call roll call.
But what about the regular roll call of comparisons critics love to reel off?
Liverpool's roll call of distinguished and discerning visitants is impressive.
After that, the SS officers set up gallows and had hangings during each roll call.
Of the 801 men who went into the battle only sixty-eight unwounded men answered the roll call the next day.
After the roll call, the prisoners' meal was a small loaf of bread, some lard or margarine and occasionally about 100 grams of salted pork.

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