summonings
Invocations of presence
Summonings are acts of calling forth or commanding to appear.
The word appears most often in fantasy contexts—the summoning of demons, spirits, or magical creatures: The wizard's summonings grew more dangerous with each attempt.
Legal or official summonings compel appearance before authorities.
The plural emphasizes repeated or multiple instances of calling something into presence.
Calling upon higher authority
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- spellArrange letters correctly
- evocationCalling forth to mind
necromancy · séance · calling forth · apparition · manifestation · familiar · demon · spirit
Mental strength resisting impulse
- courageFortitude facing danger
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
strength · composure · fortitude · grit · bravery · effort · concentration · focus
Writ requiring testimony
- citationMention of a source
- writCourt-issued directive
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- jury dutyRequired courtroom participation
appearance · notice · mandate · tribunal · hearing · deposition · witness · defendant
Formally gathering together
- assemblyConstructing from components
- rallyingAssembling for unified action
- musteringGathering or summoning
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
congregation · beckoning · recruitment · marshaling · roundup · delegation · council · convention
invocation
Calling upon higher authority
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- spellArrange letters correctly
evocation · necromancy · séance · calling forth · apparition · manifestation · familiar · demon · spirit · entity
willpower
Mental strength resisting impulse
- courageFortitude facing danger
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- determinationFirmness of purpose
nerve · strength · composure · fortitude · grit · bravery · effort · concentration · focus · energy
subpoena
Writ requiring testimony
- citationMention of a source
- writCourt-issued directive
- court orderBinding judicial directive
jury duty · appearance · notice · mandate · tribunal · hearing · deposition · witness · defendant · judicial
convening
Formally gathering together
- assemblyConstructing from components
- rallyingAssembling for unified action
- musteringGathering or summoning
mobilization · congregation · beckoning · recruitment · marshaling · roundup · delegation · council · convention · emergency meeting
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
summoningsdismissals
Formal removal from position
releases · expulsions · discharges · departures · removals
summoningsbanishments
Formal expulsions from place
exorcisms · expulsions · wardings · bindings · wards
summoningsdispersals
Acts of spreading outward
disbandments · scatterings · dissolutions · adjournments · breakups
- summoning upCalling into presence
- demon summoningCalling forth evil spirits
- summoning circleRitual pattern for invoking spirits
- spirit summoningCalling forth disembodied entities