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castrensial

castrensial adjective: belonging to a (military) camp.

Adjective

castrensial (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Belonging to a (military) camp.
    • […] making about 60 Miles in Circuit, which is the Measure of three Days Journey, according unto Military Marches, or Castrensial Mansions.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin of castrensial

From Latin castrēnsis + -ial, from castra (“camp”).

Questions about castrensial

What does castrensial mean?
Castrensial means belonging to a (military) camp.
What part of speech is castrensial?
Castrensial is an adjective.

Words near castrensial in the dictionary

  1. Castrejons
  2. castrel
  3. Castrellon
  4. Castrellons
  5. castrels
  6. castrensial
  7. castrensian
  8. Castres
  9. Castricum
  10. Castries
  11. Castrillo

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