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vaticinal, a.|vəˈtɪsɪnəl|
[f. L. vāticin-us prophetic + -al1.]
Of the nature of, characterized by, vaticination or prophecy; prophetic, vatic.
1586J. Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 1 Sylvester Giraldus Cambrensis, his vaticinall historie of the Conquest of Ireland. 1645Ussher Body Div. 14 Which are the Prosaicall books? Such as are for the most part writen in prose, and foretell things to come; whence also more especially they are termed Propheticall, or vaticinall. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 304 Dion..disregarded the vaticinall portent. 1775Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1840) I. 1 Thomas Leirmonth, or Rymer,..has left vaticinal rhymes, in which he predicted the union of Scotland with England. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. vi. 285 He was induced.., contrary to the vaticinal warnings of Columba, to carry a mixed body of various people, into..Ireland. 1844Q. Rev. LXXIV. 230 In the true vaticinal spirit of poetry and prophecy. 1897Advance (Chicago) 30 Sept. 438/2 His..vaticinal conclusions have proved to be..flabby. |