the calling down a god to a place of worship at the start of a festival · an avatar, particularly a 巫女 (miko, “shrine maiden”) who has prayed and invited a god to enter her body to be an oracle · the listing the names of gods and making a solemn oath on a written vow to the gods; also, the place on the document where the names of the gods are written
köken: Compound of 神 (kami, “god, spirit”) + 降ろし (oroshi, “bringing down”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 降ろす (orosu), “to take down, to lower, to bring down”).
köken: Etymology tree Arabic دَعَا (daʕā) Arabic دَعْوَة (daʕwa)bor. Classical Persian دَعْوَت (da'wat)bor. Hindi दावत Borrowed from Classical Persian دَعْوَت (da'wat), borrowed from Arabic دَعْوَة (daʕwa), from دَعَا (daʕā).
séance (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium) · sitting, session (a lengthy meeting to discuss a matter)
çekim: çoğul szeánszok
köken: From French séance (“session”), from seoir (“to sit”), from Latin sedere (“to sit”).