Meanings
- not comparableobsoleteIn common; communal; unanimous.
And then they helped up their father, and so by their cominal assent promised to Sir Marhaus never to be foes unto King Arthur […]
1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC
Origin
- Old Frenchcominal
- Englishcominal
Borrowed from Old French cominal. Doublet of communal.
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cominal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cominal
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