Invocation and Speech

Invocation

Invocation noun - A spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power.

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Speech and invocation are semantically related In some cases you can use "Speech" instead a noun "Invocation".

Nearby Words: invoke, invoking, invocatory

Speech noun - A usually formal discourse delivered to an audience.

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Invocation and speech are semantically related in formal talk to audience topic. Sometimes you can use "Invocation" instead a noun "Speech".

Nearby Word: speechless

nice	nice invocation	nice speech
best	best invocation	best speech
exact	exact invocation	exact speech
usual	usual invocation	usual speech
Other adjectives: common, short, powerful, actual, massive, famous, limited, odd, lengthy, earlier.

You also get a more literal invocation in the last words of the Continental UK's prime minister in chapter 37, when he quotes Churchill's "never surrender" speech.

Source: Fan Fic / Shinji and Warhammer 40k
When his speech therapist asks Prince Albert if he and his elder brother chased the same girls, he confesses they shared the favours of a Parisian girl, implied to be a prostitute in an invocation of this trope.

Source: Professional Sex Ed

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