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Definition of Convoke
1. Verb. Call together. "The students were convened in the auditorium"
Generic synonyms: Summon
Derivative terms: Convener, Convening, Convention, Convocation, Convocation
Definition of Convoke
1. v. t. To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.
Definition of Convoke
1. Verb. (transitive) To convene, to cause to assemble for a meeting. ¹
2. Verb. To call together. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Convoke
1. to cause to assemble [v -VOKED, -VOKING, -VOKES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Convoke
Literary usage of Convoke
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"... and that the surest way to convoke a council without prejudice to the pope
was by an unequivocal mode of procedure that should leave no room for doubt ..."
2. History of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1899)
"... each of which had its council of states, its director whose province it was
to convoke them, and its military force to compel obedience. ..."
3. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"... AND PARTY—VICTORIA'S ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE—CHARGES AGAINST THE GOVERNOR—REFUSAL
TO convoke THE ..."
4. Personal Memoirs and Recollections of Editorial Life by Joseph Tinker Buckingham (1852)
"... who does not feel that it is time to proclaim a fast, — to convoke the nation, —
to acknowledge the hand of God, — to put away all evil-doing, ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1866)
"... and 48 deputies of the peasants. ble for him to convoke the four estates (nobility,
clergy, burghers, peasants) during the first years of his reign, ..."
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