invocation
pronunciation
How to pronounce invocation in British English:
UK [ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃn]
How to pronounce invocation in American English:
US [ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
- an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil
- calling up a spirit or devil
- the act of appealing for help
Word Origin
- invocation (n.)
- late 14c., "petition (to God or a god) for aid or comfort; invocation, prayer;" also "a summoning of evil spirits," from Old French invocacion (12c.), from Latin invocationem (nominative invocatio), noun of action from past participle stem of invocare "to call upon, invoke, appeal to" (see invoke).
Example
- 1. The delegate whose invocation list comes first .
- 2. A closure " closes around " these references , so the function invocation can safely refer to the variables even when the variables have gone out of scope !
- 3. Our inner attitude , as we commence the invocation , is that of st richard of chichester .
- 4. The idea is that your storm topology is a distributed function that waits for invocation messages .
- 5. When it receives an invocation , it computes the query and sends back the results .