invocations
Prayers seeking aid
Invocations are acts of calling upon something for aid or authority.
A prayer is an invocation of divine help.
A lawyer's invocation of the Fifth Amendment appeals to constitutional protection.
In computing, an invocation is a call to execute a function or program: Each invocation of the script generates a new log file.
The word carries a sense of summoning or activating something powerful.
Performing magical illusions
- seanceRitual to contact spirits
- mediumMiddle size or state
- spiritualismCommunion with the deceased
- familiarKnown from experience
elemental · demon · spirit · entity · apparition · manifestation · calling forth · demonology
Humble plea for help
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- petitionFormal written appeal
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
entreaty · amen · grace · beseeching · imploration · liturgy · psalm · hymn
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- incantationSpoken magical formula
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- conjurationMagical act of summoning
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
witchcraft · hex · curse · wizardry · necromancy · thaumaturgy · abracadabra · hocus-pocus
Repeated focus phrase
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
rhythm · psalmody · repetition · vocalization · intoning · monotone · drone · litany
conjuring
Performing magical illusions
- seanceRitual to contact spirits
- mediumMiddle size or state
- spiritualismCommunion with the deceased
familiar · elemental · demon · spirit · entity · apparition · manifestation · calling forth · demonology · shamanism
supplication
Humble plea for help
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- petitionFormal written appeal
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
devotion · entreaty · amen · grace · beseeching · imploration · liturgy · psalm · hymn · worship
spell
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- incantationSpoken magical formula
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- conjurationMagical act of summoning
sorcery · witchcraft · hex · curse · wizardry · necromancy · thaumaturgy · abracadabra · hocus-pocus · arcane
mantra
Repeated focus phrase
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- intonationPitch variation in speech
cadence · rhythm · psalmody · repetition · vocalization · intoning · monotone · drone · litany · refrain
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
offering · liturgy · sacrament · communion · procession · vestments · shrine · sanctuary · oracle · pilgrimage
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- oratorypublic speaking, speeches, oration, orations, addresses
- pleasplea, pleas, please, prayers, entreaty
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- ancient magicspells, curses, sorcery, witchcraft, enchantment
- devotionsdaily devotions, daily devotion, devotional, devotionals, devotions
invocationsbanishments
Formal expulsions from place
dismissals · exorcisms · expulsions · repudiations · renunciations
invocationssilences
Stops from speaking
omissions · neglects · denials · disavowals · disregards
invocationswaivers
Voluntary right surrenders
abdications · relinquishments · forfeitures · disclaimers · disavowals
- divine invocationRitual address to gods