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invocation
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invocation
1. a prayer asking God for help, forgiveness, etc., esp as part of a religious service
2. an appeal for inspiration and guidance from a Muse or deity at the beginning of a poem
3. 
a. the act of summoning a spirit or demon from another world by ritual incantation or magic
b. the incantation used in this act


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At this point Osuna is simply adding invocatory metaphor to functional metaphor.
95), an anthology covering invocatory prayer and its fundamentals across religions.
The latter produce the invocatory sound for the deities to appear on stage.
 
 
 
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