Definition of comital in English:
comital
adjective ˈkɒmɪt(ə)lˈkämədl
historical Relating to a count or earl.
Example sentencesExamples
- Instability within the comital house thus reinforced and redoubled political strife within Bruges.
- Gilbert died probably unmarried in 1152, when his younger brother Roger inherited the estates and comital title.
- In the meantime we have one relevant comital documentation, for a Count Hildilin.
- Later, by the time the last baronial resistance to comital power had been overcome - between 1050 and 1070-the Lords of Montcada no longer served as intimate advisers to the count.
- This struggle erupted after 1061, when the the last representative of the comital lineage of Maine, Count Herbert II, died without male heirs.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from medieval Latin comitalis, from comes, comit- 'a count'.