Convocate
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To call together (people); to convoke. obsolete, transitive
"To the Apoſtolical authority (ſaid Pope Adrian I.) by our Lord's command, and by the merits of Saint Peter, and by the decrees of the Holy Canons and of the Venerable Fathers, a right and ſpecial povver of convocating Synods hath many vviſe been committed; […]"
Example
More examples"To the Apoſtolical authority (ſaid Pope Adrian I.) by our Lord's command, and by the merits of Saint Peter, and by the decrees of the Holy Canons and of the Venerable Fathers, a right and ſpecial povver of convocating Synods hath many vviſe been committed; […]"
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin convocatus, past participle of convocare (“to convocate”). Doublet of convoke.
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