Meanings
- Of or relating to an accession.
1 more example
The pope sits upon a draped throne chair, robed in full pontificals, holding the keys in one hand, and giving the benediction with the other. His action is dignified and natural, and the accessorial ornaments about the marble background, and upon the large console which supports the statue, are tasteful, and carefully sculptured.
1868, Charles Callahan Perkins, Italian sculptors, page 121 - logisticsAssessorial.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenonessential but helpful
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Italic*kezdō
- Latincēdō
- Latinaccēdō
- Latinaccessor
- Latinaccessōrius
- Middle Englishaccessorie
- Englishaccessory
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishaccessorial
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with accessorial
Cite this entry
accessorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessorial
“accessorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessorial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accessorial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessorial.
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