as in spell
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power
a Siberian shaman muttering mysterious invocations to ward off evil
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Recent Examples of invocation
Riley Gaines, a former NCAA All-American swimmer who has championed fairness in women’s sports, delivered the pre-race invocation on Sunday before the NASCAR Cup Series’ EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2025
The president was also on hand for the pre-race invocation and national anthem.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
The cathedral’s thunderous organ, its 8,000-pipes painstakingly restored and cleaned of toxic dust, will also respond to the archbishop’s invocation, with four organists playing a variety of melodies.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
Those performances will be followed by a call to order and invocations, before the president-elect and vice president-elect take the oaths of office.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2025
The president was also on hand for the pre-race invocation and national anthem.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
The cathedral’s thunderous organ, its 8,000-pipes painstakingly restored and cleaned of toxic dust, will also respond to the archbishop’s invocation, with four organists playing a variety of melodies.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
Those performances will be followed by a call to order and invocations, before the president-elect and vice president-elect take the oaths of office.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for invocation
Noun
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Patrick is willing to do anything to help his wife but becomes distrustful of the retreat’s enigmatic leader even as Abigail falls under her spell.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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The pair played key roles in Moyes overseeing a renaissance during his four-and-a-half year managerial spell.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This outsider ritually led a wild bull, magically and temporarily tamed by incantation, through the streets, drawing ever closer to the Vatican, until he was finally arrested by papal authorities.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Sep. 2024
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The story ends in the village of Hammondsport, where Drew was killed, with a kind of incantation of the cycle of life on Keuka Lake.—
Willing Davidson,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Then, Democrats have to be thinking about what happens if Republicans only have a mild case of the midterm curse.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025
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Flubber can do anything, which is both a blessing and a curse for Professor Brainard.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Invocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invocation. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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