invocation
invocation Lexical Profile
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• noun
The act of calling upon a deity, spirit, or higher power in prayer, or for aid, inspiration, or witness, especially at the beginning of a public ceremony or literary work.
"The graduation ceremony began with a brief invocation delivered by the university chaplain."
The action of citing or appealing to a law, rule, right, or authority in support of an argument or course of action.
"The defense attorney's invocation of the Fifth Amendment prevented the witness from being forced to testify."
In computing, the execution or calling of a program, function, subroutine, or method.
"Each invocation of the recursive function allocates a new frame on the call stack."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French invocation, from Latin invocationem ('a calling upon'), a noun of action from invocare ('to call upon or appeal to'), combining in- ('upon') and vocare ('to call').
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