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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