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Invocation

Invocation Meaning & Definition
Invocation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Invocation?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Invocation: conjuration | conjuring | conjury | supplication

Related Terms | Find terms related to Invocation: 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

See Also | conjuration | divine service | effectuation | evocation | implementation | incantation | magic | orison | petition | prayer | religious service | rogation | service | summoning

Invocation In Webster's Dictionary

\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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