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Definition of Roll call
1. Noun. Calling out an official list of names.
Generic synonyms: Utterance, Vocalization
Definition of Roll call
1. Noun. the reading aloud of a list of names, and subsequent responses, in order to determine who is present or absent ¹
2. Noun. the time of day fixed for such an event ¹
3. Noun. such an event in a legislative body in order to determine if a quorum exists ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roll Call
Literary usage of Roll call
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the House of Representatives by United States Congress. House, Thomas Jefferson, United States (1904)
"A Member who is listening when his name should be called and fails to hear it is
permitted to vote at the end of the roll call, but under other ..."
2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"... vote and decided in the negative, a resolution offered by Rhett was carried,
and on the morning of the next, the tenth day, the roll call was completed. ..."
3. Report of Annual Meeting by Innovative Users Group Annual meeting (1912)
"... in our power to make it pleasant for him. [Applause.] PRESIDENT GRIGGS: The
Secretary will call the roll of the Affiliated Associations. roll call ..."
4. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by New York (State). Constitutional Convention (1916)
"Mr. EN Smith — I wish to say that I was here all yesterday morning and yesterday
afternoon and I was absent momentarily during the roll call and I would ..."
5. Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives by Clarence A. Cannon, United States Congress. House, Thomas Jefferson (1919)
"This roll call may not be interrupted by a motion to dispense with further
proceedings under the call (IV, 2992), and a recapitulation of the names of those ..."
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