invocation
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definition
noun
the invocation of new disciplines and methodologies
the action of invoking something or someone for assistance or as an authority.
example
The 'invocation' started with a soulful rendition of the prayer song by the younger students of Upasana.
The parliament will be fully involved in any decision on 'invocation' of the safeguard clauses.
This affinity almost declares itself when he quotes Orwell endorsing Milton's 'invocation' of ‘the known rules of ancient liberty’.
By combining Horatian meter with a simple but passionate 'invocation' of the Christian God, Johnson moves from the world of classical Latin to the prayers and hymns of the early Church Fathers.
There is also the habitual 'invocation' by Chomsky of the precedent of Nazi Germany when discussing Western liberal democracies.
The priestess resumed the 'invocation' with nary a whit of acknowledgment.
Thanksgiving and public prayer, the 'invocation' of the name of God at the occasion of any major official gathering, are, in the practical behavior of the nation, a token of this very same spirit and inspiration.
I know you can attempt an experimental structure for a poem, even try a mindmap I suppose, but the best 'invocation' of a thought is still transferred from human to human by words and nicely structured words are best.
In On Belief, Zizek in effect counters Lewis's argument with his 'invocation' of the existential Heidegger.
Geoff was back, the 'invocation' and anthem were over, and it was time to go racing.
The arousal of pseudo ‘nationalistic fervour’ by the continuous 'invocation' of a foreign threat as the source of all problems is only the first point of similarity.
The client then uses its filter registry to invoke the filters during a subsequent method 'invocation' .
his 'invocation' of the ancient powers of Callanish
On another point - I like the idea that one should form a relationship with the deity as a precursor to a full 'invocation' .
You may make of that what you will, but we find ourselves confronted by the artist's apparently blasé 'invocation' of the beauty of nature and her means of achieving it by destroying nature.
This 'invocation' , replete with rich mythological allusions, has been an important item in the devotional repertoire of all Kashmir Hindus for the last several decades.
Perhaps Brandis's ill-considered 'invocation' of the rise of Nazism will have a salutary effect after all, if it spurs his intended targets among the Greens to study this background further.
The opening line of the 'invocation' is, ‘In faith that we are Buddha, we enter Buddha's Way.’
I hear cries of outrange from the human rights campaigners, and in 'invocation' of the Human Rights Act.
As he ended his sermon with a solemn 'invocation' of the Trinity, the angels (in one version it is the stones of a rocky valley) responded ‘Amen, very venerable Bede.’
Make the presentation much more prayerlike, an 'invocation' for the Spirit to help us with our own baptismal vows.
I reproduce below Duggal's translation of the 'invocation' and the first verse followed by my rendering of the same.
I have to tolerate mandatory formations being opened with an 'invocation' by the chaplain.
An excerpt from the landmark Supreme Judicial Court decision that legalized gay marriage was read as an 'invocation' at the Unitarian Universalist church.
The fax of the letter that I received, unlike the version published in the Arabic newspapers has ‘from’ after the 'invocation' of God, and three ellipses showing that the name has been deleted.
I know that the Prime Minister's 'invocation' of ‘education, education, education’ has become a political cliche, but he is right.
The most recent 'invocation' came during a press conference this week in which the CPC Central Committee's Organization Department deputy head Li Jingtian fielded questions from the press.
A pre-Christmas service was held at the same venue where an 'invocation' prayer was offered.
These should include the Lord's Prayer, a confession and absolution, a short reading from the Gospels with a request to our Lord for his help, and an 'invocation' of the Holy Spirit.
Held at NASA's Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, the service opened with an 'invocation' partly in Hebrew by a navy rabbi and the hymns, God of Our Fathers and Eternal Father.
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