invocation
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vəˈkeɪ noun
1.
the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
2.
any petitioning or supplication for help or aid.
3.
a form of prayer invoking God's presence, especially one said at the beginning of a religious service or public ceremony.
4.
an entreaty for aid and guidance from a Muse, deity, etc., at the beginning of an epic or epiclike poem.
5.
the act of calling upon a spirit by incantation.
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World English Dictionary
invocation (ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of invoking or calling upon some agent for assistance |
| 2. | a prayer asking God for help, forgiveness, etc, esp as part of a religious service |
| 3. | an appeal for inspiration and guidance from a Muse or deity at the beginning of a poem |
| 4. | a. the act of summoning a spirit or demon from another world by ritual incantation or magic |
| b. the incantation used in this act | |
| invo'cational | |
| —adj | |
| invocatory | |
| —adj | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
invocation
late 14c., from O.Fr. invocation (12c.), from L. invocationem, noun of action from invocare (see invoke).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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invocation
a convention of classical literature and of epics in particular, in which an appeal for aid (especially for inspiration) is made to a muse or deity, usually at or near the beginning of the work. Homer's Odyssey, for instance, beginsTell me, Muse, of the man of many ways, who was drivenfar journeys, after he had sacked Troy's sacred citadel.Many were they whose cities he saw, whose minds he learned of,many the pains he suffered in his spirit on the wide sea,struggling for his own life and the homecoming of his companions
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Example sentences
By the following years, when such words were all too accurate, they had been somewhat debased by premature invocation.
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Whereas in the case of this puzzle, somehow the invocation of that module gives a misleading push to one's direction of thought.
Genevieve persuaded the people to build a chapel under his invocation on the spot where the abbey was afterwards founded.
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