vbl. sb. Obs. [f. CONVENT v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. CONVENT; a. Assembling; b. Summoning.
1533. More, Apol., xl. Wks. 907/2. The conuenting of heretikes ex officio.
1613. Purchas, Pilgrimage, I. vi. 29. Which is meant either of his judiciall conventing him, or [etc.].
a. 1619. Beaum. & Fl., Knt. Malta, I. iii. Our next occasion of conventing Are these two gentlemen.
