vaticinal

[ vuh-tis-uh-nl ]

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaticinal¹

1580–90; < Latin vāticin ( us ) prophetic ( vāticin ( ārī ) to prophesy + -us adj. suffix) + -al ¹; vaticinate

Example Sentences

Giraldus has elsewhere spoken of this event in the Vaticinal History, book i. chap.

From Project Gutenberg

Any one in the wide world except the Marshams would have quickly recognized the inconvenience of having a vaticinal cook.

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