predial

predial is the alternative form of praedial.

Meaning of praedial

praedial (comparative more praedial, superlative most praedial)

Of or pertaining to land or its products.
Coming from or from the occupation of land.
Attached to the land (of slavery etc.); having to work on the land or an estate; deriving from the land.
- Nothing, for instance, can be more disgraceful to human nature than the state of prædial slavery, or serfs attached to the glebe, when Malabar was under the dominion of the "mild Hindu."1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 60 (n.)

predial (third-person singular simple present predials, present participle (US) predialing or (UK) predialling, simple past and past participle (US) predialed or (UK) predialled)

Adjective
comparative	more predial
superlative	most predial
Noun
plural	predials
Verb
third-person singular present	predials
present participle US	predialing
present participle UK	predialling
past participle US	predialed
past US	predialed
past participle UK	predialled
past UK	predialled

From pre- + dial.

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What does predial mean?: Predial means to dial in advance.
What is predial the alternative form of?: Predial is the alternative form of praedial.
What part of speech is predial?: Predial is a verb.
What is the past tense of predial?: The past tense of predial is predialed.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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