vaticinal

[ vuh-tis-uh-nl ]

/ vəˈtɪs ə nl /

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adjective

of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.

RELATED WORDS

apocalyptic, augural, divinatory, fatidic, fatidical, mantic, occult, oracular, predictive, prescient, prognostic, pythonic, sibylline, vatic, veiled, visionary, Delphian, foreshadowing, prophetical

Nearby words

vatican council, vatican ii, vatican swindle, the, vaticanism, vaticide, vaticinal, vaticinate, vaticination, vatman, vatnajökull national park, vattel

Origin of vaticinal

1580–90; < Latin vāticin(us) prophetic (vāticin(ārī) to prophesy + -us adj. suffix) + -al¹; see vaticinate

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Examples from the Web for vaticinal

Any one in the wide world except the Marshams would have quickly recognized the inconvenience of having a vaticinal cook.
Garrick's Pupil|Auguston Filon
Giraldus has elsewhere spoken of this event in the Vaticinal History, book i. chap.
The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales|Giraldus Cambrensis