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MANTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mantic mean?
• MANTIC (adjective)
The adjective MANTIC has 1 sense:
1. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
Familiarity information: MANTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
Synonyms:
divinatory; mantic; sibyllic; sibylline; vatic; vatical
Context example:
a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions
Similar:
prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)
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