Sentence examples for convoke from inspiring English sources
The word 'convoke' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you want to express the concept of calling a group of people together for a specific purpose. For example: "The mayor convoked a meeting of the city council to discuss the proposal for a new housing development."
verb
To convene, to cause to assemble for a meeting.
They insist that Mr Zelaya violated the constitution by trying to convoke a constituent assembly which they fear might have prolonged his term.
In 1095, for example, Urban II was in a position strong enough to convoke two important ecclesiastical councils, despite meeting resistance from Henry IV, the German emperor, who opposed papal reform policies.
The resulting statement, known as the Henrician Articles, provided that the king convoke the Polish Sejm (legislature) every two years and between sessions regularly hold council with a rotating group of senators, chosen by the Sejm.
In December 1862, Lassalle was asked by the executive committee of the "Central Committee to Convoke a General Congress of German Workers" to write a program for the congress.
When Benedict afterward attempted to reclaim the papacy and depose Gregory, the Holy Roman emperor Henry III directed Gregory to convoke the Synod of Sutri (December 1046), which deposed both Sylvester who had attempted to reclaim the papacy against Benedict's apparent unsuitability and Gregory.
Only the pope can convoke an ecumenical council, and he or his legates must preside.
And Cairo, Egypt's biggest city, voted no.Mr Morsi has since been conciliatory, convoking a "national dialogue" and renouncing extra powers he seized in November.
Instead of a congress, Raúl Castro convoked a "national conference" to elect new party leaders.The regime and the Cuban people face an unusually hot summer.
Instead, his friend Raul Cubas won it, and promptly convoked a new military court, which freed the general.In this section Ah, democracy Antiguan-style Living with Fidemocracy Antiguan-styleifiabLivingrintsProblem solved?
Two such canons were restated by the 1917 Code of Canon Law as the principles "that there cannot be an ecumenical council which is not convoked by the Roman Pontiff" and that "the First See is under the judgment of nobody".
A congress of Spartan allies was convoked to discuss grievances against Athens, and the decision was taken for war.
