invocation
/ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃən/
calling on a higher power by name for aid
invocation in a sentence
“The API docs say `invoke the model` — an invocation in the oldest sense of the word.”
Origin of invocation
Latin invocare to call upon (a deity)
Related Words
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a spiritualist meeting held in an attempt to receive communications from spirits
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to summon into existence, as if by oath or spell
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