convoked
Meaning
of Convoke
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
As a last-ditch attempt to get new monetary reforms approved, Louis XVI convoked the Estates-General on 8 August 1788, setting the date of their opening at 1 May 1789.
Finally, Emperor Theodosius II convoked the Council of Ephesus (in 431) to solve the dispute.
These decrees were communicated to Calixtus II, who despatched the legate Lambert to assist at the synod that had been convoked at Worms, where, on 23 September 1122, the agreement known as the Concordat of Worms was concluded.
In 1412, he convoked the heads of his kingdom for a consultation and, at their suggestion, ordered a synod to be held at Český Brod on 2 February 1412.
In the year 1119, Bernard was present at the first general chapter of the order convoked by Stephen of Cîteaux.
Pontificate Election to the papacy main After the death of Pope Innocent XII in 1700, a conclave was convoked to elect a successor.