pancratical /pæŋˈkɹætɪkəl/ adjective1 •(no longer used) Of or relating to the pancratium; athletic.For as relations declare, he was the most pancratical man of Greece, and as Galen reporteth, and Mercurialis in his Gymnastics representeth, he was able to persist erect upon an oiled plank[…] — 1650 formsmore pancratical · most pancratical