invocation

About 1.78 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
2. noun A call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order.

   the invocation of papers or evidence into court

3. noun An act of invoking or claiming a legal right.
4. noun The act of invoking, such as a function call.

Similar words

supplication calling martyrdom so-called reference attribution reliance invoke assertion use

Often followed by

of to and is in by for or was

Word family

Invocation Invocations invocational invocations invocatory