Meanings
adjectivecompurgatorial (comparative more compurgatorial, superlative most compurgatorial)
comparative more compurgatorial · superlative most compurgatorial
- historicallawRelating to a compurgator or to compurgation.
their compurgatorial oath
1866, Henry Charles Lea, Superstition and Force: Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture
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Rhymes with compurgatorial
editorialmemorialtutorialequatorialterritorialjanitorialpictorialcombinatorialborealgubernatorialfactorialsenatorialdirectoriallorealdictatorialarmorialprosecutorialcuratorialcorporealimmemorialprofessorialarborealmultifactorialconspiratorial
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APA
compurgatorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compurgatorial
MLA
“compurgatorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compurgatorial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compurgatorial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compurgatorial.
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