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▪ I. committal, n.|kəˈmɪtəl|
[f. commit + -al1.]
The action of committing, in various senses.
1. a. The action of entrusting, giving in charge, consigning, or commending.
1830Fraser's Mag. I. 243 A careful committal to the memory of the..ladies alphabeted in Clayton's Court Guide. 1858Trench Parables 197 The solemn committal..of such a charge to the Priests and Levites.
attrib.1886Pall Mall G. 6 Oct. 9/1 The body was interred in the ante-chapel, where the committal prayers were said by the Vice-Master.
b. committal to writing.
1841G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) II. 319 The actual committal of Liturgies to writing.
2. a. The action of committing to confinement.
1823New Monthly Mag. IX. 433/2 The committals to prison. 1860Froude Hist. Eng. V. 61 His arbitrary committal had no pretext of law for it. 1881Daily News 13 Apr. 5/4 The committal, trial, and conviction of his wife.
b. A warrant or order for imprisonment.
1760Life & Adv. Cat 41 To demand the committal in writing.
3. Legislation. The action of referring or entrusting (a bill, etc.) to a committee.
1818Parl. Deb. 1415 Between the second reading of the bill and its committal in the house. 1825Ann. Reg. 51 Lord Lansdown moved the committal of the bill.
4. The action of doing or perpetrating (an offence, etc.); = commission 12.
1625Ussher Answ. Jesuit 249 The committall of those smaller faultes. 1728Bp. P. Brown Proc. Understanding ii. vi. (1737) 227 An..internal Sensation of Remorse on the Committal of wicked Actions. 1856Sat. Rev. II. 289/2 The Bishop of London's..committal of a flagrant..breach of the Church's law. 1886R. Davey in Antiquary Mar. 122/1 The committal of that awful crime.
†5. Engaging in or commencing (hostilities). Obs.
1771Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 11/1 The actual committal of hostilities.
6. Committing or compromising oneself: see commit v. 10.
1835Tait's Mag. II. 378 ‘Do not commit yourself.’ And what does this apprehension of committal imply?
7. The action of committing the body to the grave at burial; esp. attrib., as committal prayer, committal sentences, committal service.
1854Chambers's Jrnl. I. 207/1 The committal to the grave..did not complete the funeral obsequies. 1892Daily News 15 Nov. 3/4 The lesson was read by the Rev. A. Majendie, and the committal sentences by the Rev. Dr. Yule. 1898Ibid. 24 Jan. 5/2 The committal portion of the service was taken by the Dean of Christ Church. Ibid. 7 Apr. 2/1 The committal prayers were read, though few in the dense crowd could hear them. 1927Observer 28 Aug. 15 The Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney conducted the committal service. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Feb. 35/5 (Advt.), Committal service Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Nassagaweya Church Cemetery, Campbellville.
▪ II. coˈmmittal, a. colloq.
[app. a back-formation on non-committal n. (a.) b.]
That commits or compromises (a person, or oneself).
[1863W. Phillips Speeches vi. 140 Mr. Mann's speech has the same non-committal tone.] 1884Punch 9 Feb. 62 A candid opinion on this point is extremely committal. |