invocationn.
/ɪnvəʊˈkeɪʃən/ 1.
a. The action or an act of invoking or calling upon (God, a deity, etc.) in prayer or attestation; supplication, or an act or form of supplication, for aid or protection.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > invocation or appeal
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stevenc1200
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askingc1330
prayerc1330
beseeching1340
invocationc1384
billc1386
conjuringa1400
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conjurationc1450
adjuration?1473
remonstrance?1473
interpellation1526
contestation1548
address1570
vocation1574
imprecation1585
appellation1587
supplantation1590
advocation1598
application1607
invoking1611
inclamation1613
conjurement1643
bespeaking1661
vocative1747
incalling1850
appeal1859
appealing1876
appealingness1876
rogative1882
cri de cœur1897
society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > invocatory
invocationc1384
oncalla1400
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame i. 67 I woll make invocation..Unto the god of sleepe anone.
1433 J. Lydgate Legend St. Edmund ii. 901 The lord of lordys..Herde..ther Inuocacioun And gaff hem comfort of that they stood in dreed.
c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 306 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 118 Or he þe tempil suld..of dame diane gere Ryve done of criste thru Invocacione.
1537 Inst. Christen Man f. 60v To praye to saynctes to be intercessours with vs, and for vs to our lord for our suites..so that we make no inuocation of them [1543 Necess. Doct. so that we esteem not or worship not them as givers of those gifts, but as intercessors for the same]: is laufull & allowed by the catholyque churche.
1554 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xvii. 43 We disallow invocation or prayer to saints departed this life.
1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 337 He..yeelded up the ghost in the invocation of the name of God.
1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery i. viii. 227 Invocation of Saints; which if it be no more than a meer desire to them to pray for us, why is it express'd in their publick Offices in words that differ not from our Prayers to God?
1673 True Notion Worship of God 52 It is a piece of Religious worship, as every Vow made to God is, implying an Invocation of God to judge according to the Truth or Falshood of what we promise.
1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. iv. 350 This does not imply a direct invocation.
1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks II. xix. 211 The Greek new year's wishes for the present year contain a fervent invocation to Phœbus to protect their Majesties.
1899 Church Q. Rev. Jan. 274 We use the phrase ‘invocation of saints’ in the sense ordinarily attached to it at the present time: namely, to denote the practice of requesting departed saints for the help of their prayers to God.
b. Ecclesiastical. A form of invocatory prayer, as part of a public religious service. Also, The name or appellation used in invoking a divinity, etc.spec. The petitions addressed to each person of the Godhead and to the Trinity, which form the opening part of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Litanies (including, in the latter case, petitions to saints also); also, the third part of the prayer of consecration in the Communion Office of the Nonjurors of 1718, and in the Office of the Scottish Episcopal Church of 1764, whence also in the American Book of Common Prayer.
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society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > invocatory > as part of public service
invocation1827
1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 682 The Valencians imputed their deliverance..to..the Virgin, under her invocation of Maria Santissima de los Desamparados.
1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1871) 400 The commencing part of the Litany, containing the invocation of each person of the Godhead, severally, of the Blessed Trinity in Unity.
1852 A. Jameson Legends Madonna Introd. 35 A new invocation was now added to her Litany, under the title of Auxilium Christianorum.
2. The action or an act of conjuring or summoning a devil or spirit by incantation; an incantation or magical formula used for this or a similar purpose; a charm, spell.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > involving demons or black magic > invocation
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conjurisonc1380
exorcizationc1384
conjurationc1386
invocation1390
conjure1393
adjurationc1405
exorcism1430
devocation1623
evocation1633
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > involving demons or black magic > invocation > formula used in
invocation1390
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1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 46 Babylla..With Cernes..He traceth ofte upon the grounde, Makend his invocation.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 130 b/2 He was taught in the arte of enchauntement and of thynuocacions of feendes.
1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 8 Sondrie persons..practised inuocacions and coniuracions of spirites.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 444 Themselves renuing their former invocation, and the Divell entring into this man, causeth him to write.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. v. 56 'Tis a Greeke inuocation, to call fools into a circle. View more context for this quotation
1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. vi. 68 The sorcerers..yelled incessant invocations to the spirits.
3. Admiralty Prize Procedure. The calling in of papers or evidence from another case: see invoke v. 5.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > calling in papers from another case
invocation1808
1808 C. Robinson Rep. High Court Admiralty 6 355 In the practice of invoking evidence from other causes, it had been the rule not to permit invocation from any case till that cause had been heard.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) A judicial call, demand, or order; as the invocation of papers or evidence into a court.
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