perfectionaladj.
/pəˈfɛkʃn̩(ə)l/, /pəˈfɛkʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /pərˈfɛkʃ(ə)nəl/ rare.
Perfect; of, relating to, or characterized by perfection.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective]
perfectional1495
perfectious1607
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) i. sig. Aiv The names whyche betoken or sygnyfye dyuyne or godly perfeccyon been callyd names perfeccionalles [L. nomina perfectionalia].
1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) xii. 549 Life eternal may be looked upon under three considerations: as initial, as partial, and as perfectional... I call that perfectional, which shall be conferred..immediately after the blessing pronounced by Christ, ‘Come, ye blessed children of my Father’.
1873 R. Jamieson et al. Comm. Crit. & Explanatory on Old & New Test. II. 362/1 The partial life eternal is in the interval between death and Christ's second advent; the perfectional, at that advent.
1959 in Isis (1960) 51 595/1 The nature of light as an accidental, perfectional form.
1982 J. J. E. Gracia Suarez on Individuation Gloss. 251 Suárez accepts three types of natural priority:..perfectional (the more perfect is prior to this less perfect with respect to the perfection in question), [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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