Definitions

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  • adjective Of, or relating to an act of invocation
  • adjective Relative to a digital invocational media based on invocable kinds of address (url, variables in programming, fat)

Etymologies

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invocation +‎ -al

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Examples

  • It provides: "Neither the board nor the clerk shall engage in any prior inquiry, review of, or involvement in, the content of any prayer to be offered by an invocational speaker."

    Archive 2007-05-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007

  • After the invocational four-poem opening of 'Let's Just Say,' the book moves to 'Some of These Daze,' Bernstein's prose dispatches in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, and on to the acerbic intimacies of 'World on Fire,' which critiques clichés like 'what are we fighting for?'

    The Chicago Blog: Press Release: Bernstein, Girly Man 2006

  • After the invocational four-poem opening of 'Let's Just Say,' the book moves to 'Some of These Daze,' Bernstein's prose dispatches in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, and on to the acerbic intimacies of 'World on Fire,' which critiques clichés like 'what are we fighting for?'

    The Chicago Blog: September 2006 Archives 2006

  • Some of the invocational passages in Of the Progresse of the Soule are among the finest examples of his subtle and passionate thinking as well as of his most elaborate verse rhetoric.

    Introduction. Grierson, Herbert J.C Herbert J.C. Grierson 1921

  • In this very video, for the first time ever, they recite the full invocational prayer of Tarvu, meaning that just by watching, you are automatically indoctrinated as a member of the Church of Tarvu.

    Boing Boing xeni@xeni.net (Boing Boing Video 2010

  • In this very video, for the first time ever, they recite the full invocational prayer of Tarvu, meaning that just by watching, you are automatically indoctrinated as a member of the Church of Tarvu.

    Boing Boing xeni@xeni.net (Boing Boing Video 2010

  • In this very video, for the first time ever, they recite the full invocational prayer of Tarvu, meaning that just by watching, you are automatically indoctrinated as a member of the Church of

    Boing Boing xeni@xeni.net (Boing Boing Video 2010

  • After the invocational four-poem opening of 'Let's Just Say,' the book moves to 'Some of These Daze,' Bernstein's prose dispatches in the immediate aftermath of

    The Chicago Blog 2009

  • After the invocational four-poem opening of 'Let's Just Say,' the book moves to 'Some of These Daze,' Bernstein's prose dispatches in the immediate aftermath of

    The Chicago Blog 2009

  • After the invocational four-poem opening of 'Let's Just Say,' the book moves to 'Some of These Daze,' Bernstein's prose dispatches in the immediate aftermath of

    The Chicago Blog 2009

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