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incantor

incantor noun: one who performs incantations; one who incants.

Noun

incantor (plural incantors)

  1. One who performs incantations; one who incants.
    • But to contact the spirit an incantor 'au-ua-ro-ar' [auwarawar] is necessary. He squats and rubs the inside of his thigh and howls and wails ecstatically. The chief then asks his questions […]2011, Jay Dobbin, Francis X. Hezel, Summoning the Powers Beyond: Traditional Religions in Micronesia, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 64
    • In pre-Christian Chuuk, an incantor (awarawar) contacted spirits during ecstatic behavior [Kubary 1969:22], with a lineage chief acting as middleman between caller and spirit, asking questions and interpreting the incantor's mumblings.2012, Jeannette Mageo, Alan Howard, Spirits in Culture, History and Mind, Routledge, →ISBN, page 206

Examples of incantor in a sentence

  • ... and that he wanted to answer me by natural reason found by himself; and he is sure that when I listen to him, I will say that he is an incantor and a magus.2015, Isabella Lazzarini, Communication and Conflict: Italian Diplomacy in the Early Renaissance, 1350-1520, Oxford University Press, USA...
  • That meant her captor was either an incantor—no other demonic breed possessed and wielded magick—or a practitioner.2019, Suzanne Wright, Shadows, Piatkus, →ISBN:

Forms of incantor

pluralincantors

Questions about incantor

What does incantor mean?
Incantor means one who performs incantations; one who incants.
How do you use incantor in a sentence?
... and that he wanted to answer me by natural reason found by himself; and he is sure that when I listen to him, I will say that he is an incantor and a magus.
What part of speech is incantor?
Incantor is a noun.
What is the plural of incantor?
The plural of incantor is incantors.

Words near incantor in the dictionary

  1. incanted
  2. incanter
  3. incanters
  4. incanting
  5. incantoning
  6. incantor
  7. incantors
  8. incants
  9. incap
  10. incapabilities
  11. incapability

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