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in⋅vi⋅ta⋅tion

[in-vi-tey-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of inviting.
2. the written or spoken form with which a person is invited.
3. something offered as a suggestion: an invitation to consider a business merger.
4. attraction or incentive; allurement.
5. a provocation: The speech was an invitation to rebellion.
–adjective
6. invitational.

Origin:
1590–1600; < L invītātiōn- (s. of invītātiō), equiv. to invītāt(us) (ptp. of invītāre to invite ) + -iōn- -ion
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altar call  
n.  A specified time at the end of a Protestant service when worshipers may come forward to make or renew a profession of faith. Also called invitation.
in·vi·ta·tion   (ĭn'vĭ-tā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of inviting.

  2. A spoken or written request for someone's presence or participation.

  3. An allurement, enticement, or attraction.

  4. See altar call.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

invitation 
c.1445, from L. invitationem (nom. invitatio) "invitation," from invitatus, pp. of invitare "invite, treat, entertain," originally "be pleasant toward," from in- "toward," second element obscure, one suggestion is a lost word *vitus "pleasant." Meaning "the spoken or written form in which a person is invited" is from 1615. Invite (v.) is a 1533 back-formation; as a noun variant of invitation it is attested from 1659.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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