invocation
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- noun
- /ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃən/
- Literature
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invocación
- The ritual included a solemn invocation to call upon the spirits for guidance during the ceremony.
- ritual invocation
- invocation of a spirit
- frequent invocation
This is the language that Dragons speak, and the language Segoy spoke, who made the islands of the world, and the language of our lays and songs, spells, enchantments and invocations.
- This is the language that Dragons speak, and the language Segoy spoke, who made the islands of the world, and the language of our lays and songs, spells, enchantments and invocations.
Examples
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Prayer at Odjokobi shrine is followed by the invocation of a spirit that resides in the sacred Leboku bundle.
Academic text (2008) -
But there is even a Yoruba traditionalist invocation of the luck of twins.
Academic text (1996) -
But every day the same, this invocation of the dead.
Fiction book (2002) -
But it seems possible, if not likely, that the invocation was intended to be symbolic.
Academic text (2017) -
At the beginning and the end of the invocation, I'll sound the shofar, which is an animal horn used in religious ceremonies.
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The list was a ritual invocation of duty, offered by our appointed celebrants of the civic mass.
Academic text (2004) -
Native peoples would speak of this type of curing in terms of the invocation of spirits rather than symbolic healing.
Academic text (1994) -
The vampires begin to chant en masse, some long-forgotten invocation in the vampire tongue.
Fiction book (1998) -
Then he chanted an invocation to the Shinto gods Izanagi and Izanami, revered procreators of the universe.
Fiction book (2000) -
Before starting the spell, the witch made an invocation to summon the protective forces.
Synonyms
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Calling a spirit, like a ghost, using magic words or rituals
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Calling a spirit or devil using magic
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An act of using magic words or rituals to call spirits
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Calling a spirit or ghost to appear
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An act of calling a spirit or devil using magic
How Supernatural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word invocation comes from Latin parts in- ('on' or 'into') and vocare ('to call'), so it originally meant 'calling on' a spirit or power. That's why an invocation can be a ritual or prayer used to call a spirit or demon.