invocation

C2+ Topic:Law & Government

US /ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃən/ UK /ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
the act of calling upon a deity, spirit, or authority for aid or inspiration

The ceremony opened with a solemn invocation to the ancestral spirits.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of calling upon a... appeal supplication prayer entreaty summons conjuration

Opposites

renunciation revocation

Word family

Derived forms invocational

Related forms invokeinvocatoryrevoke

Etymology

From Latin invocatio, from invocare 'to call upon', from in- 'upon' plus vocare 'to call', from vox 'voice'.

invocare Latin vox Latin

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# invocation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃən
**IPA (UK):** ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃən

## Meanings
1. the act of calling upon a deity, spirit, or authority for aid or inspiration

## Examples
- The ceremony opened with a solemn invocation to the ancestral spirits.

## Synonyms
- appeal
- supplication
- prayer
- entreaty
- summons
- conjuration

## Antonyms
- renunciation
- revocation

## Derived Forms
- invocational

## Related Forms
- invoke
- invocatory
- revoke

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: invocare
- Root: vox

## Etymology
From Latin invocatio, from invocare 'to call upon', from in- 'upon' plus vocare 'to call', from vox 'voice'.

## AI Etymology
invocation comes from Latin invocatio, from invocare 'to call upon', from in- 'upon' plus vocare 'to call', from vox 'voice'. Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the noun sense is "the act of calling upon a deity, spirit, or authority for aid or inspiration", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as invoke, invocatory, and revoke, and in derivatives such as invocational. Its semantic neighborhood includes appeal, supplication, prayer, and entreaty, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin invocare and Latin vox.

## Topics
- Law & Government
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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