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siˈlential, a. rare. [Cf. next and -al1.] Accompanied by, connected with, silence.
1709S. Sewall Diary 6 Nov., Mr. Pemberton..read her Confession immediately, and by the silential vote restored her. 1712Ibid. 2 Apr., What the Church had done in their Nomination, was by a Silential Vote Approved. 1859J. Wilson Mem. ix. 390 From some unknown silential principle..he had declined to reveal the secrets. |