invocation+of+God
11invocation — UK [ˌɪnvəʊˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌɪnvoʊˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms invocation : singular invocation plural invocations literary a) an act of asking for help from a god or a person who has power b) [countable] a prayer, especially …
12invocation — This word (from the Latin invocare, meaning to implore or to call upon ), in general, refers to any appeal for help; thus, an invocation is a prayer asking God for help. At Mass, the epiclesis is an invocation of the Holy Spirit. (See CCC2680… …
13invocation — invocatory /in vok euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /in veuh kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication. 2. any petitioning or supplication for help or aid …
14invocation — in|vo|ca|tion [ˌınvəˈkeıʃən] n 1.) the invocation AmE a speech or prayer at the beginning of a ceremony or meeting 2.) [U and C] literary a request for help, especially from a god …
15invocation — noun literary (C, U) a request for help, especially from a god (+ to): an invocation to Zeus …
16invocation — in|vo|ca|tion [ ,ınvou keıʃn ] noun count or uncount LITERARY an act of asking for help from a god or a person who has power a. count a prayer, especially at the beginning of a public ceremony …
17invocation — in•vo•ca•tion [[t]ˌɪn vəˈkeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication 2) any petitioning or supplication for help or aid 3) a form of prayer invoking God …
18Constitutional references to God — Several national constitutions make reference to God, most often in the preamble. Such invocationes or nominationes dei are found notably in several European constitutional traditions (reflecting the strong position of established churches in… …
19Erra (god) — Erra is an Akkadian plague god known from the Erra epos [Peter Machinist and J. M. Sasson, Rest and Violence in the Poem of Erra Journal of the American Oriental Society 103.1 (January 1983, pp. 221 226) p 221, prefer to withhold the expectations …
20as God is my witness — (or God be my witness) an invocation of God as confirmation of the truth of a statement God be my witness, sir, I didn t! …
