summoning

Examples

• All

• The wizard's summoning of the ancient spirit required a series of precise incantations.

• Was the summoning of Michael Scot no more than what it seemed: the ill-judged act of overly ambitious apprentices?

  Fiction book (1991)

• A summoning requires a carefully controlled environment.

  Late Night with the Devil (2024)

• Is such a summoning of ghosts a simple act?

  Academic text (1995)

• At this time, Death appeared as the messenger of God, summoning men to the world beyond the grave.

• Also, all of the dice bones have to land inside the center area of the pentagram for the summoning to work.

  Knucklebones (2016)

• It looks like some sort of demon summoning ritual.

  Knucklebones (2016)

• The songs of summoning discussed above summoned the Caboclos by name, one by one, to join the session.

  Academic text (2003)

• In fact, Yeats sees his poems as a kind of summoning of spirits, or evocation of spirits, as he refers to it.

• During the ritual, the participants gathered around the fire, ready for the summoning to begin.

Synonyms

C

conjuring

vssummoning

• Literature

7 8.8

Calling a spirit or devil using magic

is neutral about which force is called, not only devils

I

invocation

vssummoning

• Literature

4 8.5

Calling a spirit or demon during a ritual to ask for help

tends to mean magical spells rather than religious prayer or liturgy

C

conjuration

vssummoning

• Literature

2 9.9

An act of using magic words or rituals to call spirits

describes the same act but in more general everyday language

S

summons

vssummoning

• Jargon

1 8.6

A magical spell that brings a creature to appear

refers to the act of calling using spells, not the spell or creature itself

E

evocation

vssummoning

• Literature

1 9.9

Calling a spirit or ghost to appear

is a common word for that calling rather than a technical ritual term

C

conjury

vssummoning

• Archaic

1 9.9

An act of calling a spirit or devil using magic

is the broader act term rather than this specific ritual label

Antonyms

D

dismissal

7 3.2

Giving people permission to leave a room or meeting

R

repulsion

1 6.7

An action that drives attackers back

How Powerful

summoning

9 9.9

conjuring

• Literature

7 8.8

invocation

• Formal

9 7.4

to call

• Formal

∞ 2.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology