invocation

Meaning

Noun

• The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
• A call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order.
• An act of invoking or claiming a legal right.
• The act of invoking something, such as a function call.

Origin

• From Middle English invocacioun, from Old French invocacion, from Latin invocatio.