invocation

  • 41invocation — in|vo|ca|tion [ ,ınvou keıʃn ] noun count or uncount LITERARY an act of asking for help from a god or a person who has power a. count a prayer, especially at the beginning of a public ceremony …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 42invocation — in·vo·ca·tion || ‚ɪnvəʊ keɪʃn n. cry, supplication, request for help or protection (made to a deity); prayer; request, earnest appeal, entreaty; summoning of a spirit; incantation …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 43invocation — noun the action of invoking. ↘an incantation used to invoke a deity or the supernatural. ↘(in the Christian Church) a form of words introducing a prayer, sermon, etc. Derivatives invocatory ɪn vɒkət(ə)ri adjective …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 44invocation — n. 1. Supplication, prayer, petition, orison. 2. Invoking. See invoke …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 45Invocation — The ceremony used to start a tournament or pas d’armes. There is little evidence for this being done in the Middle Ages, yet there is little evidence of any sort for what went on at these tourneys and festivals with regard to ceremony. The most… …

    Medieval glossary

  • 46invocation — n entreaty, adjuration, impetration, im ploration, imploringness, solicitation, soliciting; request, prayer, praying, orison, plea, pleading, intercession; supplication, beseechment, beseeching, obtestation, obsecration; petition, petitioning,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 47invocation — in·vo·ca·tion …

    English syllables

  • 48invocation —  Взывание …

    Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • 49invocation — in•vo•ca•tion [[t]ˌɪn vəˈkeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 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 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50invocation — /ɪnvəˈkeɪʃən / (say invuh kayshuhn) noun 1. the act of invoking; calling upon a deity, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, etc. 2. a form of words used in invoking, especially as part of a public religious service. 3. an entreaty for aid and… …