All scholars are agreed that what is meant is invocations to deities in old speeches, such as occur once or twice in Cicero (e.
Fourth in invocations came Quirinus, and fourth in order of precedence was his flamen.
The Indigitamenta contained, as one section, theinvocations of di certi.
But it is not their intention hereby to establish or commend the invocations and intercessions of the saints, for Christ alone is the mediator who intercedes for us.
Why do they wish to desolate the Churches on account of the needless and false masses for souls, invocations of the saints, &c.
Most inscriptions end with invocations of the same kind, for, in the words of Ménant: "it was not mere whim which impelled the kings of Assyria to build so assiduously.
Along with him invocations are often addressed to several other spirits conceived as essentially good divine beings, whose beneficent influence is felt in many ways.
These warrior chants were composed by bards, and probably included invocations of the war-gods and the recital of famous deeds.
These powers or personalities had been invoked from time immemorial, but the invocations were soon stereotyped into definite formulas.
The hymns of the Rigveda being mainly invocations of the gods, their contents are largely mythological.
All but one of them, however, consist chiefly of invocations of gods connected with the future life.
Bharatas were defeated by Sudas and his Tritsus, who were aided by the invocations of Vasishtha, the successor and rival of Vicvamitra.
The verses of the first twelve decades are addressed to Agni, those of the last eleven to Soma, while those of the intermediate thirty-six are chiefly invocations of Indra, the great soma-drinker.
The great bulk of the Rigvedic poems comprisesinvocations of gods or deified objects as described in the foregoing pages.
It is a factitious sacrificial group meant to embrace the whole pantheon in order that none should be excluded in invocations intended to be addressed to all.
The book has been put together in recent times, and takes the reader through the preliminary consecration, invocations and introductory ceremonies, the rise and progress of the mutual love of Râdhâ and K.
Of the hymns themselves the first five are invocations of Chaitanya and Nityânand, and one is in praise of the ceremony of Kîrtan.
The sorcerers put forth their utmost power, and, from the tops of the houses, yelled incessant invocations to the spirits.
Their responses were not unfavorable; and the sorcerer drew much consolation from the invocations of his brother impostor.
There were prayers, confessions, masses, and invocations of St. Joseph.
One of the invocations to Ammon begins "Hail to thee, Lord of Truth, whose shrine is hidden.
He was also the inventor of emblems, pictorial art, and language, through which he could be directly approached and his wishes communicated in response to invocations by means of the Atouts and the pip cards.
He was in reality more powerful than any of the other gods taken separately, for, although they might be lavishly propitiated, they could not reply to invocations except through their messenger, Mercury.
But the thought came to her that perhaps those invocations of God's mercy by the little lambs of his fold would ascend in his sight not for them, but for her, for the strayed sheep; and thinking thus, she felt herself comforted.
Direct invocations are not wanting in Tibetan and Far Eastern Buddhism but many services consist not of prayers but of the recitation of scripture by which merit is acquired.
At the foot of the cupola, in Persian characters, are verses from the Koran and invocations to the prophet.
Before they open the book, they make certain invocations to God.
The interior of the dome is richly spread with variegated tiles, on which are invocationsto the prophet, and verses of the Koran in the fullest profusion.
Once let that slip out of the thought, and science is of no more use than the invocations in the Egyptian papyri.
In the liturgies prayers for the saints were now displaced by invocations for their intercession.
We are met with the strange picture of native patesis of Susa and governors of Elam recording their votive offerings in a foreign script and language, and making invocations to purely Babylonian deities.
We should therefore expect that, like them, it would close with invocations to the gods.
But if the short list of Eannatum's titles and conquests be omitted, the text upon the Stele of the Vultures would end with the series of invocations to Enlil and other deities, to which reference has already been made.
When all are assembled the feast is eaten with much solemnity and invocations to the supernatural powers.
Ordinarily this object is taken out in secret, and prayers and invocations made through it as a medium to the spirits he wishes to propitiate.
Therefore all ceremonies to the dead animal would have the nature of invocations for aid and protection from the supernatural powers whose business it is to interfere, and indeed such their words imply on these occasions.
The Litany is too long for the purpose of the poem, and the author has translated into English some of the invocations that would naturally strike the "fainting soul.
They have such invocations as the following: O lord, chief of the gods, who alone is exalted on earth and in heaven.
Here too there are repeatedinvocations to the god, that is we have an invocation and ascription of praise, then a second invocation and ascription of praise.
It has been seen in the case of the invocations that they vary in length from a single word to twenty-three lines, and it is fairly obvious that the increasing length of the invocation gives it more and more of hymnal character.
Thus he was conscious of his power to correctly use the mighty invocations which his father had taught him.
Kukali uttered mighty invocations and prepared sacred charms for the protection of his friends.
He was called at once to pronounce the prayers and invocations necessary for influencing the spirit and the body to reunite.
In the lunar sacrifices, the Soma drink was prepared with mystical ceremonies, with invocations of blessings and curses, by which the powers of the world above and below were incorporated with it.
A shepherd, to save his village from such a standing reproach, attached a short rope to a Pine, which the inhabitants still pointed out in Nork's time, and by dint of invocations and magical imprecations succeeded in straightening the steeple.
This theurgy was developed to its fullest extent in the marvels related of the Neo-Platonists, thus directly influencing Christian thought, which necessarily ascribed its miracles to the invocations of demons.
This is the supreme moment for invocations and vows.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "invocations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
