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censual

censual adjective: relating to, or containing, a census.

Adjective

censual (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or containing, a census.
    • Many other taxations he made, but laft of all in the eighteenth year of his reign; by the advife of Roger Earl of Hentford, he caused the whole Realm to be described in a Censual Roll, (whereof he took a Precedent from King Alfred) fo as there was not one Hyde of Land' but both the yearly rent, and...1643, Sir Richard Baker, A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans Government unto the Raigne of our Soueraigne Lord King Charles
    • To this End he ſent Commiſſioners into all the ſeveral Counties of the vvhole Realm, vvho took an exact Survey, and deſcribed in a Cenſual Roll or Book, all the Lands, Titles and Tenures throughout the vvhole Kingdom.1695, William Temple, An Introduction to the History of England, London: […] Richard Simpson […], and Ralph Simpson […], →OCLC, page 255

Origin of censual

From Latin censualis, from census.

Questions about censual

What does censual mean?
Censual means relating to, or containing, a census.
What part of speech is censual?
Censual is an adjective.

Words near censual in the dictionary

  1. censorships
  2. CensorStation
  3. censorware
  4. censour
  5. censours
  6. censual
  7. censurability
  8. censurable
  9. censurableness
  10. censurably
  11. censure

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