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protectoral, a. (n.)|prəʊˈtɛktərəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1: cf. doctoral, electoral, pastoral. So F. protectoral (16th c. in Littré).]
Of or pertaining to a protector, esp. in Hist. to the Protector of a kingdom or commonwealth.
1657Narr. Late Parlt. 27 Less burthensome and chargable to the people then the instrument of Protectorall Government, or the present Government. 1798W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXV. 503 This body, during the civil wars, and during the protectoral republic, fostered an excessive zeal for regal power. 1848Fraser's Mag. XXXVIII. 244 This was the signal for the advance of troops by the Emperor of Russia in his protectoral character. 1885Athenæum 22 Aug. 232 The notices of the Commonwealth and Protectoral taxation are good and trustworthy.
†B. n. = protectorate n. 1. Obs. rare—1.
1661J. Davies Civil Warres 366 With the dissolving of this Parliament was an Exit likewise given to the Protectorall. |