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pactional

pactional adjective: of the nature of, or by means of, a pact.

Adjective

pactional (not comparable)

  1. Of the nature of, or by means of, a pact.
    • For the several duties that by God's Ordinance are to be performed by persons that stand in mutual relation either to other, are not pactional and conditional, as are the leagues and agreements made between Princes […]a. 1663, Robert Sanderson, The Case of a Rash Vow

Origin of pactional

From paction + -al.

Words formed from pactional

Questions about pactional

What does pactional mean?
Pactional means of the nature of, or by means of, a pact.
What part of speech is pactional?
Pactional is an adjective.

Words near pactional in the dictionary

  1. pactamycin
  2. pactamycins
  3. pacted
  4. pacting
  5. paction
  6. pactional
  7. pactionally
  8. pactioned
  9. pactioning
  10. pactions
  11. pactitious

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