No. 10,370 in French
invocation
The act of calling upon a higher power, deity, or spirit for assistance, often in prayer or ritual.
In a sentence
Son invocation d’anciennes traditions a captivé tous les participants.
His invocation of ancient traditions captivated all the participants.
In this sentence, 'invocation' is used to describe the act of calling upon or referring to ancient traditions as a source.
Elle fit une invocation au dieu pour obtenir de l’aide.
She made an invocation to the god to obtain help.
Here, 'invocation' is employed in the spiritual or religious context of calling upon a deity for assistance.
Le poème commence par une invocation aux muses.
The poem begins with an invocation to the muses.
In this example, 'invocation' refers to a literary tradition of calling upon muses for inspiration at the beginning of a poem.
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