Definition of convoke Convoke

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We found 7 definitions of convoke from 6 different sources.

What does convoke mean?

Verb convokes, convoking, convoked
convoke - call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium"
		convene
		summon call in an official matter, such as to attend court

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convoke (v. t.)
To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.

convoke
kon-vōk′, v.t. to call together: to assemble—also Con′vocāte.—n. Convocā′tion, act of convoking: a provincial synod of clergy, the ancient ecclesiastical council of the archbishop, esp. those of the provinces of Canterbury and York in the Church of England: the great legislative assembly of the university at Oxford and elsewhere.—adj. Convocā′tional.—n. Convocā′tionist. [L. convocāre—con, together, and vocāre, -ātum, to call.]