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substitutional

substitutional adjective: of or pertaining to substitution or to a substitute.

Adjective

substitutional (comparative more substitutional, superlative most substitutional)

  1. Of or pertaining to substitution or to a substitute
    • Peyotl eating, as a tribal habit, is current at the present time and retains its substitutional characteristic as a replacement of the Christian sacrament.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 154

Forms of substitutional

comparativemore substitutional
superlativemost substitutional

Origin of substitutional

From substitution + -al.

Words formed from substitutional

Questions about substitutional

What does substitutional mean?
Substitutional means of or pertaining to substitution or to a substitute.
What part of speech is substitutional?
Substitutional is an adjective.

Words near substitutional in the dictionary

  1. substitution codes
  2. substitution instance
  3. substitution of attorney
  4. substitution reaction
  5. substitution reactions
  6. substitutional
  7. substitutionally
  8. substitutionary
  9. substitutionary atonement
  10. substitutionary atonements
  11. substitutions

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