Dictionary

invocation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪn.voʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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Etymology

From Middle English invocacioun, from Old French invocacion, from Latin invocatio, invocationem. Equivalent to invoke + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
2. (countable, uncountable) A call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order.
   • the invocation of papers or evidence into court
3. (countable, uncountable) An act of invoking or claiming a legal right.
   • As a matter of legal principle, the State should report whether all the necessary conditions for the invocation of the right of self-defense were existent. 2008, Jan Kittrich, The Right of Individual Self-Defense in Public International Law, →ISBN:
   • McNeil (D) contended that his courtroom appearance with an attorney for the West Allis crime constituted an invocation of his Miranda right to counsel and that his subsequent waiver during police-initiated questioning regarding the Caledonia crime was invalid. 2007, Criminal Procedure, →ISBN:
   • This chapter might have been titled “The First 'First Civil Right'”: before Richard Nixon's 1968 invocation of the right to protection from (black) crime, Truman Democrats advocated protection from (white) lawlessness as the first essential right. 2014, Naomi Murakawa, The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America, →ISBN:
4. (countable, uncountable) The act of invoking, such as a function call.

Forms

Deriveds

invocational · reinvocation · misinvocation · remote method invocation

Relateds

invoke · evocation

Synonyms

subpoena · writ of summons · invocation · citation · summons · citation

Translations (28)

bg зов (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · ca invocació (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · ota دعا (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · pl inwokacja (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · la invocātiō (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · fr invocation (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · ota نیاز (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · it invocazione (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · ang inċīeġung (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · grc ἐπίκλησις (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · ru вы́зов (call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order) · pl wywołanie ((programming) act of invoking, such as a function call) · sv åkallan (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · hu meghívás ((programming) act of invoking, such as a function call) · el επίκληση (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · bg призив (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · hi हूति (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · hi आह्वान (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · eo alvoko (call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order) · hu hívás ((programming) act of invoking, such as a function call) · mk привикување (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · el παράκληση (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · pdt Säajen (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · ru мольба́ (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · mk епиклеза (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being) · bg призоваване (call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order) · hu hivatkozás (act of invoking or claiming a legal right) · ru моли́тва (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)