Both Uses
incantation
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
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- Did they have to say something, an incantation or some such?†
Chpt 12 *incantation = words believed to have a magical effect when said aloud
- The sisters showed us wondrous things we could do, ways of healing, incantations for beauty and love ....†
Chpt 13incantations = combinations of words believed to have a magical effect when they are said aloud
Definitions:
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(1)
(incantation) words believed to have a magical effect when they are said aloud; or the saying of such words
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)