incantation

noun3

1. •
   The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.

   • new years eve we dropped mushrooms / and danced around the house / making music with everything that we found / incantation replaced resolution — 2008
2. •
   A formula of words used as above.

   • My ancient Incantations are too weake, / And hell too strong for me to buckle with: — 1591
3. •
   (slang) Any esoteric command or procedure.

   • The appropriate incantation of route is shown below; the gw keyword tells it that the next argument denotes a gateway. — 1998