'Convoke' is Latin for 'call together' — sibling of 'provoke,' 'evoke,' 'revoke,' and 'invoke.'
To call together or summon people to a formal meeting or assembly.
From Latin 'convocāre' (to call together, to summon an assembly), composed of 'con-' (together, jointly) + 'vocāre' (to call, to summon, to name), from PIE *wekʷ- (to speak, to call out). The root *wekʷ- generated Latin 'vox, vocis' (voice), 'vocāre' (to call), 'vocabulum' (a word, a name), 'invocāre' (to call upon), 'evocāre' (to call forth), 'provocāre' (to call out, to challenge), and 'advocāre' (to call to one's side — whence 'advocate'). The same root produced Greek 'epos' (ἔπος, word, song) and Sanskrit
The 'Convocation' of the English Church — the assemblies of Canterbury and Provence — are among the oldest continuous legislative bodies in the world, predating Parliament itself. Their name preserves the literal Latin meaning: clergy 'called together' to deliberate. Oxford and Cambridge still hold formal 'convocations' for degree ceremonies
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