responsal

English

Etymology

Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin responsalis.

Noun

responsal (plural responsals)

1. (obsolete) One who is answerable or responsible.

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2. (obsolete) A liturgical response.
   • 1674, Daniel Brevint, Saul and Samuel at Endor:

     After some short prayers and responsals, the mass-priest begs,

3. A proctor for a monastery.

Adjective

responsal (comparative more responsal, superlative most responsal)

1. (obsolete) answerable; responsible

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “responsal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• apronless, personals, psoralens