Definitionn. a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
Last update: June 13, 2015
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Chant incantations to ward off evil spirits. [noun]
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Valarien took a deep breath and began an incantation in chilling guttural tones. [noun]
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The oddity of this is veiled by the incantation of a single, magical word, ownership. [noun]
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To go round a person in the opposite direction, or withershins (German wider-shins), is unlucky, and a sort of incantation. [noun]
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The special god of this city was Ea, god of the sea and of wisdom, and the prominence given to this god in the incantation literature of Babylonia and Assyria suggests not only that many of our magical texts are to be traced ultimately to the temple of Ea at Eridu, but that this side of the Babylonian religion had its origin in that place. [Please select]
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Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect. [Please select]
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Thereupon a search was made throughout the house, to see whether any one knew this [incantation]. [Please select]
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With mighty bronze I sealed its entrance, And I protected it with an incantation. [Please select]
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None of us had any faith in the incantation except Peter, and, by infection, Cecily. [Please select]
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Then a priest's voice boomed out in a solemn incantation and the whispering hushed. [Please select]
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"If you get TOO disagreeable, you'll drive me away before I finish this incantation."' [Please select]
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