convocate
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of convocate
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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Balduine holdeth,976 that a prince may not by himself enjoin any new ecclesiastical rite, but must convocate a synod for the deliberation and definition of such things.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
Ecclesiastical persons may convocate councils simply, and by a spiritual power and jurisdiction; but to convocate them by a temporal and coactive power, pertaineth to princes only.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
Neither did he this work by himself, but did convocate a council of the prophets, priests and elders of Israel, for the advancing of that reformation, 2 Kings xxiii.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
To this court also it shall belong to convocate the grand council.
From An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 by Hewatt, Alexander
The Commissioners are to convocate the lieges in arms for apprehending the said rebels, and to enter them, when taken, before the justice to be suitably punished for their crimes.
From History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Mackenzie, Alexander
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