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# invocation

«invocation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a prayer asking God, or in some religions a saint or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an invocation, invocations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) An invocation is a prayer asking God, or in some religions a saint or spirit, for help or blessing, often at the start of a service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invocation/#m1)

2) An invocation is calling on something or someone for help or as an authority, like invoking a law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invocation/#m2)

3) (stories) In magic stories, an invocation is a spell said to call up a spirit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invocation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Church and religion lessons: the opening prayer of a service; old poems begin with an invocation to the Muse. Law and formal speech: «invocation of a rule». Fantasy stories: a wizard's invocation.

### examples

- The service began with an invocation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invocation/#x1)
- The minister said a short invocation before the meal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invocation/#x2)
- Old Greek poems start with an invocation to the Muse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invocation/#x3)
- The wizard spoke an invocation to call the dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invocation/#x4)
- The invocation asked God to bless the new school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invocation/#x5)
- The invocation of the rule ended the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invocation/#x6)

### note

Verb: invoke. Plural: invocations. Pronounced in-voh-KAY-shun.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «invocation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invocation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.