vaticinal

English

Etymology

See vaticinate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈtɪsɪnəl/

Adjective

vaticinal (comparative more vaticinal, superlative most vaticinal)

1. Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic.
   • 1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry:

     He has left vaticinal rhymes, in which he predicted the union of Scotland with England, about the year 1279

References

• “vaticinal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.