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accessorial

US/æk.səˈsɔɹ.i.əl/

accessorial adjective: of or pertaining to an accessory, e.g. to a crime.

Adjective

accessorial

  1. Of or pertaining to an accessory, e.g. to a crime.
    • accessorial agency; accessorial guilt
  2. Of or relating to an accession.
    • The pope sits upon a draped throne chair, robed in full pontificals, holding the keys in one hand, and giving the benediction with the other. His action is dignified and natural, and the accessorial ornaments about the marble background, and upon the large console which supports the statue, are...1868, Charles Callahan Perkins, Italian sculptors, page 121
  3. (logistics) Assessorial.

Noun

accessorial (plural accessorials)

  1. (logistics) An assessorial charge.

Forms of accessorial

pluralaccessorials

Origin of accessorial

From accessory + -al.

Words formed from accessorial

Phrases with accessorial

Words that rhyme with accessorial

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Questions about accessorial

What does accessorial mean?
Accessorial means of or pertaining to an accessory, e.g. to a crime.
What part of speech is accessorial?
Accessorial can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce accessorial?
Accessorial is pronounced /æk.səˈsɔɹ.i.əl/ (US).

Words near accessorial in the dictionary

  1. accessits
  2. accessive
  3. accessively
  4. accessless
  5. accessor
  6. accessorial
  7. accessorial service
  8. accessorial services
  9. accessorially
  10. accessorials
  11. accessories

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