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Meanings of invocation in English

Portuguese
conjuração
Catalan
encantament

Calling up a spirit or devil.

conjuração
Spanish
súplica

A prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service.

súplica
Usage of invocation in English
1
An invocation can also express thanks for past blessings from the deity.
Witch School's First Degree
2
After this introductory invocation begins the real song in a different metre.
The Religions of India / Handbooks on the History of Religions, ...
3
Brexit is the first invocation of the Article by a Member State.
The Irish Times
4
After the invocation to the muse he thinks he hears her playing:
The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes
5
But the Egyptian seemed to address a silent invocation to the mummy.
Idolatry: A Romance
6
And a crucifix at the top, a book of prayer and invocation.
A Little Girl in Old Quebec
7
Zeus sighed and listened to the priest's invocation over the loudspeakers outside.
Book One: Apotheosis
8
This invocation does not remain unheard by the fair goddess of beauty.
Stories of the Wagner Opera
9
May we live and die there, repeating every evening our beloved invocation:
Mauprat
10
Jack drew from memory the invocation and the pentagram, the devil's gateway.
Demon bound
11
There is not even such an invocation as introduces Milton's great poem.
The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible
12
Kennedy's invocation of his dead brothers was, of course, a cheap shot.
The Guardian
13
But you, you perhaps know some stronger gods, or some resistless invocation?
Salammbo
14
Then follows the great invocation: 'Come from the four winds, O Breath!
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
15
When it came time for the invocation, the words came clearly:
Drawing Down the Moon
16
She heard the first droning syllable of the invocation; her flesh grew warm.
The brazen gambit
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Invocation through the time
Invocation across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common