"incantational" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From incantation + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|incantation|al}} incantation + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} incantational (not comparable)
  1. Relating to incantation. Tags: not-comparable
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