Look up: invocation

1. Invocation
   Summoning benevolent spiritual beings. Cf. evocation.
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2. Invocation
   Summoning benevolent spiritual beings. Cf. evocation.
   Found on http://www.psychicscience.org/paraglos.x
   
   
3. invocation
   [n] - a prayer asking God`s help as part of a religious service 2. [n] - an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil 3. [n] - the act of appealing for help
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4. Invocation
   In`vo·ca'tion noun [ French invocation , Latin invocatio .] 1. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being. « Sweet ...
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5. invocation
   supplication noun a prayer asking God`s help as part of a religious service
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6. Invocation
   • (n.) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court. • (n.) The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.
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7. invocation
   a convention of classical literature and of epics in particular, in which an appeal for aid (especially for inspiration) is made to a muse or deity, ...
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8. invocation
   invocation 1. A calling upon a greater power; such as, God or a spirit for help, for aid, for protection, for inspiration, etc. 2. A short prayer forming part of a religious service. 3. A form of prayer invoking God's presence; especially, one said at the beginning of a religious service or public...
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9. invocation
   Literary device in which a power external to the poem or story is called upon for assistance. Often this is a call to the gods to help with the composition of a poem and is usually placed at the beginning of the work. Common in ancient Greek and Roman literature, it was revived during the Renaissanc...
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10. Invocation
    An `invocation` (from the Latin verb invocare "to call on, invoke, to give") may take the form of: These forms are described below, but are not mutually exclusive. See also Theurgy. Supplication or prayer : As a supplication or prayer it implies to call upon God, a god or goddess, a...
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11. Invocation
    (Sympathy album) `Invocation` is the 2002 debut album by the Canadian technical death metal band Sympathy. The album was published by Fear Dark, a Dutch record label. Although suffering from low production values, the album got positive feedback in underground metal circles and magazin...
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