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† euctical, a. Obs.|ˈjuːktɪkəl|
[f. Gr. εὐκτικ-ός pertaining to prayer (f. εὔχεσθαι to pray) + -al1.]
Pertaining to prayer; supplicatory.
a1638Mede Wks. x. xlix, Eucharistical Offerings are such whose end is Thanksgiving to God..Euctical..such as are made to God..when we come to pray before him. 1745Bp. E. Law Theory Relig. 227 Hence was the Origin of Sacrifices, as they are distinguished into expiatory, euctical, and eucharistical.
Hence ˈeuctically adv.
a1638Mede Wks. i. li. 291 The Heave-offering..was as it were an Offering of his own, and therefore he applieth it Euctically. |