castrensial

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adjective

Belonging to a (military) camp.

OriginLatin castrēnsis →
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Meanings

adjectivecastrensial (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableBelonging to a (military) camp.

    […] making about 60 Miles in Circuit, which is the Measure of three Days Journey, according unto Military Marches, or Castrensial Mansions.

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latincastrēnsis
  2. Englishcastrensial

From Latin castrēnsis + -ial, from castra (“camp”).

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APA

castrensial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castrensial

MLA

“castrensial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castrensial. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “castrensial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castrensial.

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