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summons

summons

1 8.6
A magical spell that brings a creature to appear
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌmənz/
  • Jargon
translation icon : invocación
  • "Demons of the mind, hear this summons."

Obsidian salt is mainly used for summoning big demons.

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Examples

  • The gods will not come at any summons.

    Legend of the Mummy (1998)

  • Zebub appeared at his lord's summons.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • A summons from the Master.

    MindGamers (2015)

  • Oedipus recognizes them as a divine summons to die.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Obsidian salt is mainly used for summoning big demons.

    cari can read

  • Against Arnie's wishes, Vivian answered her summons and presented her case.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • She heard feet pounding: humans were answering Rikash's summons.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Scofield's annotations are not scholarly musings but rather a summons to spiritual battle.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The photograph can act as a magical summons, aiming to enshrine identity, to create a memorial that pleads for deathlessness and issues a challenge to time.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The wizard raised his staff and uttered a powerful spell to create a summons that brought forth a fearsome dragon.

Synonyms

summoning
vssummons
9 9.9

Calling a spirit, like a ghost, using magic words or rituals

is the magical invocation itself or the creature produced by the invocation

Surface Forms

summons singular
summonses plural

Morphology

summons = summon (semi-transparent) = summon + s

The fantasy sense extends the idea of 'summoning' or calling something forth, but the magical noun use is specialized and not fully predictable.

Etymology

Summons in fantasy keeps the same basic idea: it comes from old Latin parts sub- 'under' and monere 'to warn or call', so it literally means a 'calling'. So a magical summons is a creature 'called' into the story to help or fight for you.