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carcereal

carcereal is the alternative form of carceral.

Meaning of carceral

Adjective

carceral (not comparable)

  1. (formal, literary) Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison.
    • [O]n his showing signs of penitence, through favour they were contented that he should be released from his carceral endurance, in case he would put in sufficient surety in the king's chancery, and swear that he would never hold or favour any such opinions hereafter. And so, taking an oath of him...1855, John Foxe, “Book VI. Pertaining to the Last Three Hundred Years from the Loosing Out of Satan.”, in The Church Historians of England. Reformation Period. The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe....

Questions about carcereal

What is carcereal the alternative form of?
Carcereal is the alternative form of carceral.

Words near carcereal in the dictionary

  1. carcerate
  2. carcerated
  3. carcerates
  4. carcerating
  5. carceration
  6. carcereal
  7. carcharhinid
  8. carcharhinids
  9. carcharhiniform
  10. carcharhiniforms
  11. carcharhinoid

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