non-magical
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not magical.
Example Sentences
- "The entrance to Fairyland is not effected by rubbing a lamp, or clapping the hands three times, or by exclaiming “Open Sesame ;” but, as a concession to the non-magical tendencies of some of the visitors, a commutation is accepted in the shape of five shillings current money of the realm."
- "there are no rites which are "magico-religious," for to such tribes "magical" means "non-religious," and "religious" means "non-magical"—or rather "magic" means to them what is condemned by the community, while what is approved by the community belongs to the sphere of what we call religion."
- "The consecration of the host at mass could be called non-magical – even though the effects follow automatically, in a manner quite different from that of supplicatory prayer – provided that the priest seems himself as an instrument of God’s power, rather than a man with a special power at his personal service."