invocation
The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being,…The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
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Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
мольба́molʹbá, моли́тваmolítva
(countable, uncountable)A call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order.
the invocation of papers or evidence into court
вы́зовvýzov
(countable, uncountable)An act of invoking or claiming a legal right.
(countable, uncountable)The act of invoking, such as a function call.
- the act of appealing for help
- an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil
- a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
- calling up a spirit or devil
Examples
3 sentencesTom Jackson gave the invocation at the meeting.
Tom doesn't just appear at the invocation of his name. Oh, hi, Tom.
They claimed it was a secular group, but then a Christian pastor came and gave an invocation before the annual meeting.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English invocacioun, from Old French invocacion, from Latin invocatio, invocatFrom Middle English invocacioun, from Old French invocacion, from Latin invocatio, invocationem. Equivalent to invoke + -ation.
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Forms
plural: invocations| Singular | invocation |
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regular
Synonyms
9 synonyms- a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service:supplication
- calling up a spirit or devil:conjuringconjurationconjury
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.