Meaning of INVOCATION
| Pronunciation: | | `invu'keyshun
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- [n] the act of appealing for help
- [n] calling up a spirit or devil
- [n] an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil
- [n] a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
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| | Synonyms: | | conjuration, conjuring, conjury, supplication |
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| | See Also: | | conjuration, divine service, effectuation, evocation, implementation, incantation, magic, orison, petition, prayer, religious service, rogation, service, summoning | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`vo*ca"tion\, n. [F. invocation, L. invocatio.]
1. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence
of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp.,
prayer offered to a divine being.
Sweet invocation of a child; most pretty and
pathetical! --Shak.
The whole poem is a prayer to Fortune, and the
invocation is divided between the two deities.
--Addison.
2. (Law) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call,
demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence
into court.
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| | Related Terms: | | adjuration, agape, aid prayer, Angelus, appeal, asperges, aspersion, auricular confession, Ave, Ave Maria, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, beadroll, beads, beck, beck and call, benedicite, benediction, benison, beseechment, bid, bidding, bidding prayer, blessing, breviary, call, calling, calling forth, celebration, chaplet, circumcision, clamor, collect, communion, confession, confirmation, conjuration, conjurement, contemplation, convocation, cry, devotions, entreaty, evocation, exorcisation, exorcism, exsufflation, grace, Hail Mary, high celebration, impetration, imploration, imploring, imprecation, incantation, incense, indent, intercession, invocation of saints, invocatory plea, kiss of peace, Kyrie Eleison, lesser litany, litany, love feast, lustration, meditation, nod, obsecration, obtestation, orison, Paternoster, pax, petition, plea, prayer, prayer wheel, preconization, processional, reciting the rosary, requisition, rogation, rosary, silent prayer, suit, summons, supplication, telling of beads, thanks, thanksgiving, the confessional, the confessionary |
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