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invocation
/ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃən/
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What does invocation mean?
noun
- The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
- A call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order.
- An act of invoking or claiming a legal right.
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noun
- The act of invoking, such as a function call.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃən/
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My invocation Is fair and honest, and, in his mistress’ name, I conjure only but to raise up him.
The success of the evolutional theory helped to discredit the assumption or at least the invocation of transcendent causes.
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As a charm against barrenness, these people put white paper into a basket and have the priest make an invocation.
This holy philosophy, to which the slaves were indebted for every thing, this invocation of the Gospel, was an anathema against property.
I have myself tried it, and learned by experience that often sudden great calamity was immediately averted and removed during such invocation.