Invoke and Invocation

verb

• Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
  • usage: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
  • synonyms: raise, conjure, conjure up, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
• Cite as an authority; resort to.
  • usage: "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"
  • synonyms: appeal
• Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection.
  • usage: "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"
  • synonyms: appeal

(v.t.) To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being or to invoke His and blessing.

noun

• A prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service.
  • synonyms: supplication
• An incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil.
• Calling up a spirit or devil.
  • synonyms: conjuring, conjuration, conjury
• The act of appealing for help. .

• (n.) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court.
• (n.) The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; especially, prayer offered to a divine being.