invocation

invocation
Synonyms and related words:
Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster, adjuration, agape, aid prayer, appeal, asperges, aspersion, auricular confession, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, beadroll, beads, beck, beck and call, benedicite, benediction, benison, beseechment, bid, bidding, bidding prayer, blessing, breviary, call, calling, calling forth, celebration, chaplet, circumcision, clamor, collect, communion, confession, confirmation, conjuration, conjurement, contemplation, convocation, cry, devotions, entreaty, evocation, exorcisation, exorcism, exsufflation, grace, high celebration, impetration, imploration, imploring, imprecation, incantation, incense, indent, intercession, invocation of saints, invocatory plea, kiss of peace, lesser litany, litany, love feast, lustration, meditation, nod, obsecration, obtestation, orison, pax, petition, plea, prayer, prayer wheel, preconization, processional, reciting the rosary, requisition, rogation, rosary, silent prayer, suit, summons, supplication, telling of beads, thanks, thanksgiving, the confessional, the confessionary

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • invocation — [ ɛ̃vɔkasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1170; lat. invocatio ♦ Action d invoquer; résultat de cette action. Invocation à la divinité. Formule d invocation. ⇒ invocatoire. Église placée sous l invocation d un saint, sous son patronage, sa protection. Invocation… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Invocation — In vo*ca tion, n. [F. invocation, L. invocatio.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Sweet… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • invocation — Invocation. s. f. v. Action d invoquer. Aprés l invocation du saint Esprit. croire l invocation des Saints. c est une chose horrible que l invocation des demons, des esprits malins. le Magicien aprés avoir fait ses invocations. On appelle,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • invocation — in·vo·ca·tion /ˌin və kā shən/ n 1: a calling upon for authority or justification 2: an act of legal implementation an invocation of the contract clause Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • invocation — late 14c., petition (to God or a god) for aid or comfort; invocation, prayer; also a summoning of evil spirits, from O.Fr. invocacion (12c.), from L. invocationem (nom. invocatio), noun of action from pp. stem of invocare to call upon, invoke,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Invocation — (v. lat.), Anrufung, Anflehen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Invocation — Invocation, lat. deutsch, Anrufung; Invocavit, lat. = er hat angerufen, Name des 1. Fastensonntags vom 15. Verse des 91. Psalms, mit welchem an diesem Tage die hl. Messe beginnt …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • invocation — фр. [энвокасьо/н] invocazione ит. [инвокацио/нэ] воззвание, призыв …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • invocation — [n] prayer abracadabra*, appeal, beseeching, calling, command, conjuration, entreaty, hocus pocus*, hoodoo*, mumbo jumbo*, petition, rune, summons, supplication, voodoo*; concepts 48,278,368 …   New thesaurus

  • invocation — ► NOUN 1) the action of invoking. 2) an appeal to a deity or the supernatural. DERIVATIVES invocatory adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • invocation — [in΄və kā′shən] n. [OFr < L invocatio < pp. of invocare: see INVOKE] 1. the act of calling on God, a god, a saint, the Muses, etc. for blessing, help, inspiration, support, or the like 2. a) a formal prayer used in invoking, as at the… …   English World dictionary

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