invocation
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Other Words from invocation
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Synonyms for invocation
Synonyms
abracadabra, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, enchantment, glamour (also glamor), hex, incantation, spell, whammy
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Following the Pledge of Allegiance, Mayor Stephen Witt led an invocation. — Renee Dudley, ProPublica, "The Extortion Economy: How Insurance Companies Are Fueling a Rise in Ransomware Attacks," 27 Aug. 2019 Ken Workman, member of the Duwamish tribe and descendant of Chief Seattle, presented the invocation for the performance in both English and the Lushootseed language. — Bettina Hansen, The Seattle Times, "Seattle’s waterfront hosts performance by Native youth theater program Red Eagle Soaring," 18 Aug. 2019 Assembly members are not required to attend the invocation to participate in its meetings. — Anchorage Daily News, "Satanic Temple invocation prompts walkout at Kenai borough assembly meeting," 20 June 2019 This year’s invocation was by the Rev. Alf Halvorson of Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church and benediction by pastor Wick Stuckey of Chapelwood United Methodist Church. — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, "CanCare sells out 25th Silver Anniversary Cancer Survivors Day luncheon," 14 June 2019 Hicks may refuse to answer some of the questions asked by Judiciary Committee members during the closed-door hearing because of the president's invocation of executive privilege over events that took place in the White House. — Grace Segers, CBS News, "Hope Hicks agrees to testify before House Judiciary Committee," 12 June 2019 Her work was featured on NPR this week, comparing the antebellum dress’s invocations of stereotypical Southern femininity to the diverse set of women who wear them. — al.com, "Reckon Women Q&A: Adair Rutledge," 12 July 2019 But Snowball Edge does not require a network connection back to AWS—Snowball Edge boxes are designed to run VM servers and server-less AWS Lambda invocations independent of AWS data center connectivity. — Jason Levitt And Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Amazon Web Services aims to colonize your network with Outpost," 12 Dec. 2018 Precipitated into a supernatural daze by a mystifying woman in a lugubrious bar, psychotherapist Dr. Rossini (Jan Bluthardt) learns about a ritual invocation from decades ago on a distant continent that’s haunting his present. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, "Review: The demonic possession Euro-horror of ‘Luz’ will rattle your soul," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'invocation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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