Definition of "convokes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convoke. (verb)

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• "Referring to laypeople committed in the service of the Church, the Pope said there should not be "a lessening of the awareness that they are 'Church,' because Christ, the eternal Word of the Father, convokes them and makes them his People.""
• "If America convokes a convention on the authority of the Constitution the delegates can build consensus about what?"
• "Nonetheless, when he convokes a solemn assembly of bishops -- technically called an ecumenical council ( "ecumenical" meaning here world-wide, not local) -- the church witnesses the highest instance of its teaching authority."