patrioticaladj.

1648 R. Chestlin Persecutio Undecima 30 O the excellent justice of the New Saints!..which these weak Christians, by the help of a misguided Patrioticall party have raised to empower themselves to force the consciences of all men ..to a new Covenant.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 179 Speeches..against the Bishops were much applauded among the patriotical Party.

1805 S. J. Pratt Hail Fellow! Well Met! i. iii, in Harvest-home II. 51 It takes a few liberties, I promise you, just as a patriotical poet ought.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 63 Like patriotical folks, all for the good of their country.

1898 19th Cent. Apr. 523 The so-called patriotical assumption, that France can never be in the wrong.

1980 18th-cent. Stud. 13 368 Always bouncing on stage, and clapping his hand to his breech, along with every new set of patriotical performers.

2001 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 27 Sept. a2 You'd think the credit card-issuing banks could stand to shave a few interest points off their lending rates. At the very least, it would be a patriotical gesture.