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Convene \Con*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Convened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Convenong .] [L. convenire; con- + venire to come: cf. F. convenir to agree, to be fitting, OF. also, to assemble. See Come , and cf. Covenant .] To come together; to meet; to unite. [R.] ...
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vb. (en-past of: convene )
Usage examples of convened.
The Magi, or sacerdotal order, were extremely numerous, since, as we have already seen, fourscore thousand of them were convened in a general council.
The assembly of the warriors of the tribe was convened at stated seasons, or on sudden emergencies.
In his last illness, he convened the principal officers of the state and army, and in their presence recommended Aurelian, ^14 one of his generals, as the most deserving of the throne, and the best qualified to execute the great design which he himself had been permitted only to undertake.
The primates of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, Carthage, and afterwards Constantinople, who exercised a more ample jurisdiction, convened the numerous assembly of their dependent bishops.
As soon as they were informed of his banishment into Thrace, a general assembly was convened, and the clergy of Rome bound themselves, by a public and solemn oath, never to desert their bishop, never to acknowledge the usurper Faelix.
After he had distributed the civil and military dignities among his favorites and followers, Attalus convened an assembly of the senate.
The synod ^49 was convened in the suburb of Chalcedon, surnamed the Oak, where Rufinus had erected a stately church and monastery.
After a fortnight's adjournment, the senate was again convened to pronounce the sentence of his death.
To accomplish that salutary end, Recared convened an assembly of the Arian clergy and nobles, declared himself a Catholic, and exhorted them to imitate the example of their prince.
Antonina convened a council of war: it was resolved to surmount, with sails and oars, the adverse stream of the river.
The senators themselves, fearful and suspicious, were convened at the ninth hour.
The king of Italy convened the national assemblies in the palace, or more probably in the fields, of Pavia: his great council was composed of the persons most eminent by their birth and dignities.
His domestic synod was instantly convened, their proceedings were sullied with clamor and artifice, and the aged heretic was surprised into a seeming confession, that Christ had not derived his body from the substance of the Virgin Mary.
Amidst the triumph of the Catholic arms, the Roman pontiff convened a synod of ninety-three bishops against the heresy of the Iconoclasts.
But the decrees of a general council could only be repealed by a similar assembly: ^78 the Iconoclasts whom she convened were bold in possession, and averse to debate.