convoke

IPA: kɑnvˈoʊk

verb

  • (transitive) To convene, to cause to assemble for a meeting.
  • To call together.
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Examples of "convoke" in Sentences

  • He was not allowed to convoke.
  • He was convoked as an army soldier.
  • The monarch had the power to convoke.
  • The people convoked the others as well.
  • He wanted to have the rights to convoke.
  • The pope did not have authority to convoke.
  • The men convoked the other people into the palace.
  • In 638, Chintila was forced to convoke the Sixth Council of Toledo.
  • I convoke around my deathbed my friends who are confirmed atheists, as I am.
  • The Circle may determine to convoke extraordinary sessions whenever necessary.
  • Second, there had never been a single leader, a paraibo, with the power to convoke the whole tribe.
  • That would be a great selling-point to the state legislatures for a demand to convoke a constitutional convention.
  • We call for the immediate return to democratic institutions, to convoke an extraordinary session of the General Assembly (GA), to defend institutions in Honduras.
  • The result is a rare demonstration of the theater's power to convoke and communicate; I left the play feeling that no amount of material encroachment could stifle humanity.
  • In his decision to convoke the Council, Pope John XXIII had wished the Church to be prepared for the new world that was emerging in the aftermath of the disastrous events of the Second World War.
  • BUENOS AIRES—Moves by Hugo Moyano, the powerful boss of the national truckers union, to convoke, and then suddenly cancel, a national transportation strike, represent an unmistakable warning to the government of President Cristina Kirchner, analysts said.
  • He went through the conflicts leading up to the coup, particularly the decision to consult the population on voting in November elections on whether to convoke a Constitutional Assembly and noted that his Law of Citizen Participation gave the people the power to be consulted on major decisions and was a critical step to "pass from a representative democracy to a participatory democracy."

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