Definition of Invocation

a method of asking for assistance from a higher power

Examples of Invocation in a sentence

During the invocation, the church leader asked for love, happiness, and good fortune for the newborn baby.  🔊

The coronation ceremony will include an invocation during which the priest asks for divine favor for the new king.  🔊

In the hospital chapel, the religious man hoped to save his dying wife by making an invocation.  🔊

The tribesmen believe the drought will continue all year if the medicine man does not perform an invocation to the water god.  🔊

Before battle, the warriors gather in prayer to conduct an invocation that will make them victorious over their enemies.  🔊

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