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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Restricted to invited participants.
  • noun An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective open only to persons issued an invitation; -- of gatherings, usually sports events.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Serving as an invitation; inviting.
  • adjective not comparable Restricted to participants who have been invited.
  • noun An event, especially a tournament, that is restricted to invited participants

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective pertaining to or characteristic of an invitation

Etymologies

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invitation +‎ -al

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