incantational

English

Etymology

From incantation +‎ -al.

Adjective

incantational (not comparable)

1. Relating to incantation.
   • 1979 August 25, Nancy Walker, “Sothers and Others”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 6, page 11:

     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.

   • 1994, Mark S. Smith, The Ugaritic Baal Cycle, page 232:

     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).