heartical
heartical adjective: whole-hearted; heartfelt; having integrity.
Adjective
heartical (comparative more heartical, superlative most heartical)
- Whole-hearted; heartfelt; having integrity.
- The groundations of Rastafari and the Niyabinghi drums are manifestations for heartical, eartical and churchical expressions at celebrations, signifying a direct link and source of contact with the creator and the power of the Holy Trinity.1982, Millard Faristzaddi, Itations of Jamaica and I Rastafari
- I know Roots and Culture straight to the max. Because I'm a heartical Ilabash. I'm gonna teach all the youngster.1994, Manfred Kremser, Ay Bobo: Afro-Karibische Religionen, page 144
- Pertaining to Rastafarian music that is secular in nature, intended for dancing or political commentary.
- Rasta music is sometimes played for what the brethren term "heartical" reasons (strictly for pleasure).1998, Nathaniel Samuel Murrell, William David Spencer, Adrian Anthony McFarlane, Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader, →ISBN, page 242
- The other type of music is called “heartical” and refers to songs which carry social commentary.2003, Dick Hebdige, Cut `n' Mix: Culture, Identity and Caribbean Music, →ISBN, page 40
- Antonyms:
- churchical
Examples of heartical in a sentence
- Because the word is regarded as inherently life-affirming, it is held that there are no words which can offend the true and heartical Rasta.2014, J.W. Pulis, Religion, Diaspora and Cultural Identity, →ISBN:
- A heartical thank you to my friend and colleague Havenol “Liveon” M.2015, A Hollington, Traveling Conceptualizations: A cognitive and anthropological linguistic study of Jamaican:
- Churchical adopts the reggae beat to all hymns; heartical is the regular dance music.2010, Leonard Barrett, The Rastafarians, →ISBN, page 267:
Antonyms of heartical
Forms of heartical
| comparative | more heartical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most heartical |
Origin of heartical
From heart + -ical.
Questions about heartical
- What does heartical mean?
- Heartical means whole-hearted; heartfelt; having integrity.
- How do you use heartical in a sentence?
- Because the word is regarded as inherently life-affirming, it is held that there are no words which can offend the true and heartical Rasta.
- What part of speech is heartical?
- Heartical is an adjective.
Words near heartical in the dictionary
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