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• He was to preside over the synod as well as the arrengo, either of which it was competent for him to convoke or dissolve at pleasure; merely spiritual matters of a minor nature were alone, in future, to be intrusted to the clergy; and all acts of convocations, the ordination of a priest or deacon, the election of a patriarch or bishop, were to be subject to the final sanction of the ducal throne. —  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04
• 20. The National Council shall itself convoke, conduct and adjourn its own meetings Art. —  The Fight For The Republic in China
• "We do protest before the living God," said the letters of convocation, "that we have no other aim and intention but His honor and the welfare of our subjects; that is why we do conjure in His name those whom we convoke, and do most expressly command them, without fear or desire of displeasing or pleasing any, to give us, in all frankness and sincerity, the counsels they shall judge on their consciences to be the most salutary and convenient for the welfare of the commonwealth." —  A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5
• This policy had gained its end; the Emperor, after thirteen years of conflict, had been forced to re-convoke the Diet, and to abandon the hope of effecting a work in which his uncle, Joseph II., had failed. —  A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878
• He was left at liberty to convoke, adjourn, prorogue, and dissolve them at his pleasure. —  The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. From William and Mary to George II.

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