vaticinal
[ vuh-tis-uh-nl ]
/ vəˈtɪs ə nl /
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, second,
- vatican ii,
- vatican swindle, the,
- vaticanism,
- vaticide,
- 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 FilonGiraldus has elsewhere spoken of this event in the Vaticinal History, book i. chap.
The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales|Giraldus Cambrensis