invitational

[in-vi-tey-shuh-nl]

in·vi·ta·tion·al

[in-vi-tey-shuh-nl]
adjective
1.
restricted to participants who have been invited: an invitational track meet.
noun
2.
an event, as a sports competition or an art exhibit, restricted to those who have been invited to participate.

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Invitational has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)

Origin:
1920–25; invitation + -al1
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invitational

adjective
pertaining to or characteristic of an invitation 
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