Incantation

Word INCANTATION
Character 11
Hyphenation in can ta tion
Pronunciations /inkænˈteɪʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Incantation"

What do we mean by incantation?

Ritual recitation of verbal charms or spells to produce a magic effect. noun

A formula used in ritual recitation; a verbal charm or spell. noun

A conventionalized utterance repeated without thought or aptness; a formula. noun

The art or act of enchanting by uttering magical words, with ceremonies supposed to have magical power; also, the formula of words or the ceremony employed. noun

The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment. noun

A formula of words used as above. noun

The repetitive invoking of old sayings, or emitting a wordy discourse with little or no meaning, to avoid serious discussion; obfuscation. noun

The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results. noun

A formula of words used as above. noun

A ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect noun

The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.

A formula of words used as above.

Any esoteric command or procedure.

Another word for a chant that is used when performing a spell or ritual of some kind Urban Dictionary

The act of chanting, singing, recitation you make in the course of a chess game (usually in fun blitz chess and Bullet Chess Formats) just to motivate oneself to win. Urban Dictionary

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The word "incantation" in example sentences

If one character, one pause, of the incantation is not strictly in proper form, the magic doesn't work. ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2007)

That said, I do think that the other side is silly too – these forms of ceremonial deism are meaningless (and indeed, devalue Christianity by making it into a rote incantation, which is fine with me). ❋ Unknown (2010)

That said, I do think that the other side is silly too– these forms of ceremonial deism are meaningless and indeed, devalue Christianity by making it into a rote incantation, which is fine with me. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Question: The seven word incantation that changed Mitt to Mutt. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Back before either one of us was twenty Cooper Renner coined the incantation “thrice — and it is so”. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For it must either be by virtue of some natural science or by incantation, that is, virtue of words. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The combination of the two gods is particularly frequent in the so-called incantation texts. ❋ Morris Jastrow (1891)

Letting loose with his big sound, often worrying a phrase into incantation, he worked toward a prayerful froth. ❋ By NATE CHINEN (2011)

They will stand regarding the landscape in gratitude and awe, speechless until one of them gathers himself enough to murmur, softly, the three-word incantation it is their custom to say at each such moment: "I miss Becky." ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to a report in Haaretz News, British researcher Dan Levene from the University of Southampton published findings in Biblical Archaeological Review about the human skulls, known as incantation bowls, some of which bear inscriptions in Aramaic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Alaska -- the incantation has been the same, recited with the exact same phraseology and intonation. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Shelley's insistence on "incantation" rather than on interpretation as the means of approaching his poem, together with his concluding question about winter and spring, is a variant of Pao-ch'e's fanning. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The story is a kind of incantation, a prose poem Allen Ginsberg might have come up with if he'd been stuck out in the desert with a bunch of old pulp magazines. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The chanting itself may also be seen as a kind of incantation or magic spell. ❋ Unknown (1972)

Sphinx, and repeated a guttural kind of incantation while George stretched his ears until they stood out more than usual in a struggle to understand. ❋ Various (N/A)

this [spell] [needs] an incantation to [complete] it. ❋ White_wicca (2005)

John enjoys [chess incantation] when playing [blitz chess]. Don't distract me with your chess incantation. [Chess Incantation] spurs me to [win more] online chess games. ❋ FawolizzoChess (2020)

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