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succursal

/səˈkɜː(ɹ)səl/

succursal adjective: subsidiary (to a religious establishment).

Adjective

succursal (not comparable)

  1. subsidiary (to a religious establishment)
  2. Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary.
    • Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches, its monasteries, and convents.1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity

Noun

succursal (plural succursals)

  1. A subsidiary parish.

Forms of succursal

pluralsuccursals

Origin of succursal

Compare French succursale. See succour.

Questions about succursal

What does succursal mean?
Succursal means subsidiary (to a religious establishment).
What part of speech is succursal?
Succursal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce succursal?
Succursal is pronounced /səˈkɜː(ɹ)səl/.

Words near succursal in the dictionary

  1. succumbers
  2. succumbest
  3. succumbeth
  4. succumbing
  5. succumbs
  6. succursal
  7. succursals
  8. succus
  9. succus entericus
  10. succuss
  11. succussation

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