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  • 61Election — • In its broadest sense election means a choice among many persons, things, or sides to be taken. In the stricter juridical sense it means the choice of one person among many for a definite charge or function Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …

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  • 62Council of Pisa —     Council of Pisa     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Pisa     Preliminaries.     The great Schism of the West had lasted thirty years (since 1378), and none of the means employed to bring it to an end had been successful. Compromise or… …

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  • 63consistory — n. (usu. rel.) to convoke, hold a consistory * * * [kən sɪst(ə)rɪ] hold a consistory (usu. rel.) to convoke …

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  • 64parliament — n. 1) to convene, convoke (a) parliament 2) to adjourn; disband, dissolve (a) parliament 3) a bicameral; national; provincial; unicameral parliament 4) a rump parliament 5) a parliament adjourns; convenes, meets; disbands 6) a house of parliament …

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  • 65senate — n. 1) to convene, convoke a senate 2) to disband, dissolve a senate 3) a senate meets, is in session 4) a senate adjourns * * * [ senɪt] convoke a senate dissolve a senate is in session a senate adjourns a senate meets to convene to disband …

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  • 66assemble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. See assemblage, composition, whole. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To come together] Syn. meet, convene, congregate; see gather 1 . 2. [To bring together] Syn. collect, gather, rally, call, convoke, muster,… …

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  • 67collect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. gather, collate, assemble, amass, compile; throng, congregate, flock; scrape or round up, garner, accumulate, save. See assemblage, acquisition. Ant., disperse, scatter. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To… …

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  • 68vocation — [15] A vocation is etymologically a ‘calling’. The word comes via Old French vocation from Latin vocātiō. This was derived from the verb vocāre ‘call’, which came from the same base as vōx ‘voice’ (source of English vocal, voice, etc). Also from… …

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  • 69vocation — [15] A vocation is etymologically a ‘calling’. The word comes via Old French vocation from Latin vocātiō. This was derived from the verb vocāre ‘call’, which came from the same base as vōx ‘voice’ (source of English vocal, voice, etc). Also from… …

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  • 70reconvoke — |rē+ transitive verb Etymology: re + convoke : to convoke again …

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