English Dictionary

invocation

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌɪn.voʊ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.

日本語の意味

（神など、上位存在に対する）助力や臨在を求める行為、すなわち祈祷や呼び出しの儀式的な行為

During the storm, the villagers gathered at the altar for a solemn invocation asking the gods to spare their homes.

嵐の間、村人たちは家を守ってくれるよう神々に祈りを捧げるために祭壇に集まった。

意味（1）

The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.

意味（2）

(chiefly law) A call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order.

the invocation of papers or evidence into court

意味（3）

(law) An act of invoking or claiming a legal right.

McNeil (D) contended that his courtroom appearance with an attorney for the West Allis crime constituted an invocation of his Miranda right to counsel and that his subsequent waiver during police-initiated questioning regarding the Caledonia crime was invalid.

意味（4）

(programming) The act of invoking, such as a function call.

invocations （ plural ）