invocation

ceremony

Formal event marking occasions

• riteCeremonial act or practice
• chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
• altarSacred ritual table

coven · anointing · processional · lustration · celebrant · priestess · shaman · druid · pagan · oracle

incantation

Spoken magical formula

• summoningCalling forth deliberately
• spellcastingPerforming magical incantations
• necromancyCommunicating with the deceased

sorcery · conjuration · enchantment · hex · charm · witchcraft · wizardry · seance · mediumship · occultism

petition

Formal written appeal

• pleaFormal request or defense
• entreatyEarnest, urgent request
• requestFormal act of seeking

supplication · solicitation · adjuration · importunity · exhortation · beseeching · imploring · call · demand · urging

supplication

Humble plea for help

• benedictionFormal spoken blessing
• intercessionActing on another's behalf
• devotionDeep, loyal commitment

blessing · liturgy · grace · worship · veneration · thanksgiving · psalm · hymn · amen · hallelujah

mantra

Repeated focus phrase

• meditationFocused attention practice
• transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
• enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening

karma · chakra · dharma · divinity · soul · holiness · sanctity · purity · awakening · mindfulness

apostrophe

Mark showing ownership

• prologueIntroductory literary section
• epilogueConcluding literary section
• orationFormal public speech

exclamation · address · opening · preamble · exordium · salutation · declamation · peroration · encomium · panegyric

reference

Directing attention elsewhere

• quotationCited passage or price
• allusionIndirect reference to something
• mentionBrief verbal acknowledgment

attribution · acknowledgment · footnote · source · bibliography · cross-reference · annotation · documentation · precedent · authority

• public speakingspeech, public speaking, keynotes, keynote speeches, oratory
• ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
• speechesspeech, addresses, historic speeches, lecture, soliloquy
• ceremonial protocolsdress code, seating order, receiving line, procession, recessional
• Classical PoetryHomer, epic poetry, Virgil, Ovid, Horace
• English orationsfamous speeches, public speeches, declamation, oratory, public speaking