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compurgatorial

/kɒmˌpɜː(ɹ)ɡəˈtɔːɹiəl/

compurgatorial adjective: relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.

Adjective

compurgatorial (comparative more compurgatorial, superlative most compurgatorial)

  1. (historical) Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.
    • their compurgatorial oath1866, Henry Charles Lea, Superstition and Force: Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture

Forms of compurgatorial

comparativemore compurgatorial
superlativemost compurgatorial

Origin of compurgatorial

From compurgator + -ial.

Words that rhyme with compurgatorial

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Questions about compurgatorial

What does compurgatorial mean?
Compurgatorial means relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.
What part of speech is compurgatorial?
Compurgatorial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce compurgatorial?
Compurgatorial is pronounced /kɒmˌpɜː(ɹ)ɡəˈtɔːɹiəl/.

Words near compurgatorial in the dictionary

  1. compurgates
  2. compurgating
  3. compurgation
  4. compurgations
  5. compurgator
  6. compurgatorial
  7. compurgators
  8. compurgatory
  9. compurgatrices
  10. compurgatrix
  11. compursion

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