Sentence examples for the invocations from inspiring English sources
noun
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.
Most of the invocations of the past have been oblique.
The invocations mention, often casually, the past exploits of the deity.
Ms. Moffatt's most recent work, the "Invocations," are quite different in tone and intent.
(One repeated theme seemed to have wandered in from the invocations to Brahma in Bizet's opera "The Pearl Fishers").
Moreover, the invocations of the 50s usually accompanied a denunciation of the 60s, a period invariably presented as a regrettable era of self-indulgence and excess.
For all the invocations of "the angel of music," this film, adapted from the curiously popular stage musical, will most likely leave you with a devilish headache.
The Rev. Billy Graham gave the invocation.
The invocation ended with a brilliant gag.
I love the invocation - who wouldn't?
So far, the invocation has worked.
Or take the invocation of "aspiration".
