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==Origin==

==Origin==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''invocacioun'', from Middle French & Latin; Middle French ''invocation'', from [[Latin]] ''invocation''-, ''invocatio'', from ''invocare''

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''invocacioun'', from Middle French & Latin; Middle French ''invocation'', from [[Latin]] ''invocation''-, ''invocatio'', from ''invocare''

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]  

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]  

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : the [[act]] or [[process]] of [[petitioning]] for help or [[support]]; specifically often capitalized : a [[prayer]] of entreaty (as at the beginning of a service of [[worship]])  

*1a : the [[act]] or [[process]] of [[petitioning]] for help or [[support]]; specifically often capitalized : a [[prayer]] of entreaty (as at the beginning of a service of [[worship]])  

:b : a calling upon for [[authority]] or justification

:b : a calling upon for [[authority]] or justification

*2: a [[formula]] for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjuration conjuring] : [[incantation]]

*2: a [[formula]] for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjuration conjuring] : [[incantation]]

*3: an [[act]] of legal or [[moral]] implementation : enforcement  

*3: an [[act]] of legal or [[moral]] implementation : enforcement  

==Description==

==Description==

As a supplication or [[prayer]], '''invocation''' implies to call upon [[God]], a god or goddess, a [[person]], etc. When a person calls upon [[God]], a god, or goddess to ask for something ([[protection]], a favour, his/her spiritual [[presence]] in a [[ceremony]], etc.) or simply for [[worship]], this can be done in a pre-established [[form]] or with the invoker's own [[words]] or [[actions]]. An example of a pre-established text for an [[invocation]] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Prayer Lord's Prayer].

As a supplication or [[prayer]], '''invocation''' implies to call upon [[God]], a god or goddess, a [[person]], etc. When a person calls upon [[God]], a god, or goddess to ask for something ([[protection]], a favour, his/her spiritual [[presence]] in a [[ceremony]], etc.) or simply for [[worship]], this can be done in a pre-established [[form]] or with the invoker's own [[words]] or [[actions]]. An example of a pre-established text for an [[invocation]] is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Prayer Lord's Prayer].

All [[religions]] in general use invoking [[prayers]], [[liturgies]], or [[hymns]]; see for example the [[mantras]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hinduism] and [[Buddhism]], the Egyptian Coming Out by Day (aka [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead Book of the Dead]), the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphic Orphic] Hymns and the many [[texts]], still preserved, written in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_(script) cuneiform] characters on clay tablets, addressed to Shamash, Ishtar, and other [[deities]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invocation]

All [[religions]] in general use invoking [[prayers]], [[liturgies]], or [[hymns]]; see for example the [[mantras]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hinduism] and [[Buddhism]], the Egyptian Coming Out by Day (aka [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead Book of the Dead]), the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphic Orphic] Hymns and the many [[texts]], still preserved, written in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_(script) cuneiform] characters on clay tablets, addressed to Shamash, Ishtar, and other [[deities]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invocation]

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Incantation]]'''''

*'''''[[Incantation]]'''''

[[Category: Religion]]

[[Category: Religion]]