#invocation
- Adjuration — A solemn formula of invocation, earnest entreaty, or imperative command by which someone is requested to do or say something based on an oath or in the name of a sacred entity; also, the act of conjuring or expelling evil spirits. It represents the bookish neologistic equivalent of the term 'adjurare'.
- Adjuration — An archaic and bookish variant of the noun 'adjurare' or 'adjurație', representing a solemn formula of invocation, earnest entreaty, or imperative command based on a sacred oath. In old ecclesiastical or legal texts, it was used to express the supreme moral or spiritual constraint exercised upon a witness or a spirit.
- Allegation — The act of invoking, citing, or bringing as an argument a law, testimony, proof, or authoritative text in support of a cause. In 19th-century legal and administrative terminology, this noun represented the formal procedural action by which a litigating party supported their innocence or property rights before a court of law.
- Calling — The act of calling; a technical process of dialing a phone number or sending a digital signal to initiate a connection. In computer science, it signifies the act of invoking a function, procedure, or API within a program's source code, while in common usage it represents directly addressing a resource, person, or moral authority.