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1. (n.) invocation
the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
2. invocation
any petitioning or supplication for help or aid.
3. invocation
a form of prayer invoking God's presence, said at the beginning of a public or religious ceremony.
4. invocation
an entreaty for guidance from a Muse, deity, etc., at the beginning of an epic poem.
5. invocation
an incantation.
6. invocation
the act of referring to something, as a concept or document, for support and justification.
7. invocation
the enforcing or use of a legal or moral precept or right.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) invocation, supplication
a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
2. (noun) invocation
an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil
3. (noun) conjuring, conjuration, conjury, invocation
calling up a spirit or devil
4. (noun) invocation
the act of appealing for help
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) invocation
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
2. (noun) invocation
a call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court
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Sense: to appeal to (some power, eg God, the law etc) for help etc.
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 Afrikaans: afsmeking |
 Arabic: تَوَسُّل، تَضَرُّع |
 Bulgarian: молитва |
 Brazilian: invocação |
 Czech: prosba |
 German: die Anrufung |
 Danish: påkaldelse |
 Greek: επίκληση |
 Spanish: invocación |
 Estonian: anumine |
 Farsi: توسل |
 Finnish: vetoomus |
 French: invocation |
 Hebrew: תְּפִילָה, תַחֲנוּנִים |
 Hindi: आह्वान, प्रार्थना |
 Croatian: prizivanje |
 Hungarian: könyörgés |
 Indonesian: permohonan |
 Icelandic: ákall |
 Italian: invocazione |
 Japanese: 祈願 |
 Korean: 기원 |
 Lithuanian: malda, meldimas |
 Latvian: piesaukšana; (palīdzības) |
 Malay: permohonan |
 Dutch: aanroeping |
 Norwegian: påkalling; innledende bøn |
 Polish: wezwanie |
 Persian: توسل |
 Pashto: دعا، توسل |
 Portuguese: invocação |
 Romanian: invocaţie |
 Russian: обращение;вызов |
 Slovak: vzývanie; dovolávanie (sa |
 Slovenian: prošnja |
 Serbian: apel |
 Swedish: åkallan |
 Thai: คำขอร้อง |
 Turkish: dua, niyaz |
 Taiwanese: 訴諸，祈禱 |
 Ukrainian: заклинання |
 Urdu: مناجات |
 Vietnamese: sự cầu khẩn |
 Chinese: 祈求，祈祷 |
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