Meanings
alternative nonmagical
- not comparableNot magical.
The entrance to Fairyland is not effected by rubbing a lamp, or clapping the hands three times, or by exclaiming “Open Sesame ;” but, as a concession to the non-magical tendencies of some of the visitors, a commutation is accepted in the shape of five shillings current money of the realm.
1853 December 3, “Fairyland in 'Fifty-four”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words, number 1932 more examples
there are no rites which are "magico-religious," for to such tribes "magical" means "non-religious," and "religious" means "non-magical"—or rather "magic" means to them what is condemned by the community, while what is approved by the community belongs to the sphere of what we call religion.
1917, F. B. Jevons, “Magic and Religion”, in Folk-Lore, volume 28, page 273The consecration of the host at mass could be called non-magical – even though the effects follow automatically, in a manner quite different from that of supplicatory prayer – provided that the priest seems himself as an instrument of God’s power, rather than a man with a special power at his personal service.
2019, David. L. d’Avray, “The Concept of Magic” (chapter 4), in Sopie Page, Catherine Rider, editors, The Routledge History of Medieval Magic, Routledge, →ISBN, Part I, page 53Synonyms: mundane
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot magical.
Origin
Translations
Dutch niet-magisch
- niet-magischnot magical
Esperanto nemagia
- nemagianot magical
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