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inscriptional, a.|ɪnˈskrɪpʃənəl|
[f. prec. + -al1.]
†1. Bearing an inscription; = inscribed 2. Obs.
1778Phil. Surv. S. Irel. 21 In the same nave are three inscriptional Slabs. 1795J. C. Murphy Trav. Portugal 308 Several ancient inscriptional stones have been found.
2. Of, belonging to, characteristic of, or of the nature of, an inscription or inscriptions.
1822Jas. Tate in Parr's Wks. (1828) VIII. 251 The inscriptional labours of your classical pen. 1880Warren Book-plates vii. 63 The inscriptional portion of the plate is copied first in italics. 1891Spectator 21 Mar., ‘A.S.’ is not unfrequently used in inscriptional Latin for ‘Anno Salutis’. 1896Ramsay in Expositor Sept. 195 Criteria derived..from inscriptional and alphabetical character. |