incantational

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adjective

Relating to incantation.

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Meanings

adjectiveincantational (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to incantation.

    Some hint of the mantic/incantational subtext of Baal's speech to Anat may be found in a badly damaged and very difficult tablet, RS 92.2016 (Caquot and Dalix 2001:393–405).

    1994, Mark S. Smith, The Ugaritic Baal Cycle, page 232
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    Names […] do make a surprisingly meaningful difference. The power of words is mystical, magical, incantational. The child learns "dirty" words because they have amazing properties — they can move adults to prompt and sometimes startling actions.

    1979 August 25, Nancy Walker, “Sothers and Others”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 6, page 11

Origin

From incantation + -al.

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APA

incantational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incantational

MLA

“incantational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incantational. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incantational,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incantational.

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