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==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''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==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]])
:b : a calling upon for [[authority]] or justification
*2: a [[formula]] for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjuration conjuring] : [[incantation]]
*3: an [[act]] of legal or [[moral]] implementation : enforcement
==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].
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]
==See also==
*'''''[[Incantation]]'''''
[[Category: Religion]]
==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''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==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]])
:b : a calling upon for [[authority]] or justification
*2: a [[formula]] for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjuration conjuring] : [[incantation]]
*3: an [[act]] of legal or [[moral]] implementation : enforcement
==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].
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]
==See also==
*'''''[[Incantation]]'''''
[[Category: Religion]]
