Meanings
comparative more comital · superlative most comital
- Of or pertaining to a count or earl.
Comital charters for religious institutions provide important evidence for some aspects of comital lordship, especially the interconnection of landholding, justice, wealth, and military power.
2004, Richard Ewing Barton, Lordship of the County of Maine, c. 890-1160, page 51Synonyms: comtal
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to a count or earl.
Origin
- Latincomes, comitis“count, earl, companion, comrade”
- Englishcomital
From oblique stem of Latin comes, comitis (“count, earl, companion, comrade”) + -al. Doublet of comtal.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish grevelig, greve-
- greveligof or pertaining to a count or earl
- greve-of or pertaining to a count or earl
Dutch grafelijk, graaflijk
- grafelijkof or pertaining to a count or earl
- graaflijkof or pertaining to a count or earl
French comtal
- comtalof or pertaining to a count or earl
German gräflich
- gräflichof or pertaining to a count or earl
Italian comitale
- comitaleof or pertaining to a count or earl
Spanish condal
- condalof or pertaining to a count or earl
Swedish grevlig, greve-
- grevligof or pertaining to a count or earl
- greve-of or pertaining to a count or earl
Cite this entry
comital. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comital
“comital.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comital. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comital,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comital.
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