Definition of "vatic" []

• Of or characteristic of a prophet; oracular. (adjective)

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• "I'm very fond of the Fourth World series, and even enjoy the aspect of them that is most often mocked, Kirby's peculiar writing style, which to my ears at least has a kind of vatic poetry."
• "The springy elegance of his mind, which serves to clarify the problems of life, not to muddle them with vatic obscurities, has brought him triple glory—as a poet, a translator no one has captured Molière in English better than he and a lyricist."
• "Sent down through his vatic brotherhood the Christ that was to be."