incantation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a series of words said as a magic spell or charm

   The priestess murmured an incantation over the smoking bowl.

From Old French incantation, from Late Latin incantatio ('enchantment'), from incantatus, past participle of incantare ('to chant a magic spell upon'), from in- ('upon') + cantare ('to sing').

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