Tom Jackson gave the invocation at the meeting.
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Invocation
//ˌɪn.voʊˈkeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "invocation" (98 found)
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2 entriesderived
4 entrieshas context
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10 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπίκλησις noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Bulgarian
3 entries- зов noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
- призив noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
- призоваване noun (call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order)
Catalan
1 entries- invocació noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Esperanto
1 entries- alvoko noun (call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order)
French
1 entries- invocation noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Greek
2 entries- επίκληση noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
- παράκληση noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Hindi
2 entries- आह्वान noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
- हूति noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Hungarian
3 entries- hivatkozás noun (act of invoking or claiming a legal right)
- hívás noun ((programming) act of invoking, such as a function call)
- meghívás noun ((programming) act of invoking, such as a function call)
Italian
1 entries- invocazione noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Latin
1 entries- invocātiō noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Macedonian
2 entries- епиклеза noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
- привикување noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Old English
1 entries- inċīeġung noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دعا noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
- نیاز noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Säajen noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Polish
2 entries- inwokacja noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
- wywołanie noun ((programming) act of invoking, such as a function call)
Russian
3 entries- вы́зов noun (call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order)
- моли́тва noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
- мольба́ noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Swedish
1 entries- åkallan noun (act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
They claimed it was a secular group, but then a Christian pastor came and gave an invocation before the annual meeting.
Source: tatoeba (11293375)
Tom doesn't just appear at the invocation of his name. Oh, hi, Tom.
Source: tatoeba (11479003)
the invocation of papers or evidence into court
Source: wiktionary
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