Definitions for invocation

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invocation in·vo·ca·tion

Spelling: [in-vuh-key-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌɪn vəˈkeɪ ʃən/

Invocation is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 284 anagrams from letters in invocation (aciinnootv).

Definitions for invocation

noun

1. the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
2. any petitioning or supplication for help or aid.
3. a form of prayer invoking God's presence, especially one said at the beginning of a religious service or public ceremony.
4. an entreaty for aid and guidance from a Muse, deity, etc., at the beginning of an epic or epiclike poem.
5. the act of calling upon a spirit by incantation.
6. the magic formula used to conjure up a spirit; incantation.
7. the act of calling upon or referring to something, as a concept or document, for support and justification in a particular circumstance.
8. the enforcing or use of a legal or moral precept or right.

Origin of invocation

1325-75; Middle English invocacio(u)n Latin invocātiōn- (stem of invocātiō). See invocate, -ion

Examples for invocation

The invocation was heard in the breasts from which it was uttered.

Feminists should be concerned about the invocation of traditional roles.

It was a prayer, an invocation, to the unknown child, as to the unknown God!

In modern crystal-gazing and mirror-reading, however, there is no invocation.

When science was young, the invocation of miracles was commonplace.

I feel the same about the invocation of the saints and about images.

I was asked by then President-elect Obama to deliver the invocation at the opening inaugural event.

In that case, as a Unitarian, I must object to an invocation in which I do not believe.

But the Obamacare invocation is one I think they may really come to regret by next November.

This “promiscuous” invocation of religious freedom would deny equal rights to those with different religious convictions—or none.