invocation
/ˌɪn.voʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/
invocation noun: the act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
Noun
invocation (countable and uncountable, plural invocations)
- The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
- A call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order.
- the invocation of papers or evidence into court
- Synonyms:
- citation, subpoena, summons, writ of summons
- An act of invoking or claiming a legal right.
- McNeil (D) contended that his courtroom appearance with an attorney for the West Allis crime constituted an invocation of his Miranda right to counsel and that his subsequent waiver during police-initiated questioning regarding the Caledonia crime was invalid.2007, Criminal Procedure, →ISBN
- As a matter of legal principle, the State should report whether all the necessary conditions for the invocation of the right of self-defense were existent.2008, Jan Kittrich, The Right of Individual Self-Defense in Public International Law, →ISBN
- The act of invoking, such as a function call.
invocation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
invocation in Hindi
- act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being
- आह्वान āhvān, हूति hūti
invocation in Tamil
- தொடக்க வழிபாடு, நேர்வு வழிபாடு, வேட்பு வழிபாடு
invocation in Urdu
- بلاوا, دعا, مناجات, صلوٰۃ
invocation in Bengali
- আহ্বান, বন্দনা, প্রার্থনা
More languagesFewer languages
- invocation in Malayalam
- ആവാഹനം, ഉദ്ധരണം, ഉദ്ധരിക്കപ്പെട്ട പ്രമാണം, ഉദാഹരിക്കാൻ ഉദ്ധരിക്കൽ
- invocation in Kannada
- ದೇವತಾ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ, ಆವಾಹನೆ, ಬಿನ್ನಹ, ವಿಜ್ಞಾಪನೆ
- invocation in Sanskrit
- शस्त्र śastrá
Examples of invocation in a sentence
- In remote method invocation, the client helper is a ‘stub’ and the service helper is a ‘skeleton’.
- Seven leaves of mombin bâtard and seven leaves of loupgarou must be picked with the same invocation.
- Obeah—a set of hybrid or creolized beliefs dependent on ritual invocation, fetishes, and charms—incorporates two very distinct categories of practice.
Synonyms of invocation
Forms of invocation
| plural | invocations |
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Origin of invocation
From Middle English invocacioun, from Old French invocacion, from Latin invocatio, invocationem. Equivalent to invoke + -ation.
Words formed from invocation
Words that rhyme with invocation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about invocation
- What does invocation mean?
- Invocation means the act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
- What is invocation in Hindi?
- Invocation in Hindi is आह्वान (āhvān), हूति (hūti). See Invocation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is invocation?
- Invocation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce invocation?
- Invocation is pronounced /ˌɪn.voʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of invocation?
- The plural of invocation is invocations.
Words near invocation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: invocation (page history and authors); invocation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); invocation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Invocation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); invocation (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); invocation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शस्त्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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