Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vocate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vo-cate
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To appoint to a religious office.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"That if Mr. Henop, your present minister, should approve of the aforesaid vocation, your congregation be at perfect liberty to vocate any minister who is a member of the synod; as likewise the minister, being thus vocated, is authorised to accept the vocation."
"Yet in the remote parishes it would be mearly impossible to find medical men of superior talent to vocate for want of adequate practice."
"The congregation has the right and duty to vocate a pastor, who must be of the Evangelical Lutheran confession, to honor him, to submit to his official acts as long as they are based on the Word of God."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

vocates (present, singular) vocating (participle, present) vocated (participle, past) vocated (past)

Questions

What does vocate mean?: To appoint to a religious office.

How to pronounce vocate

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