Meanings
comparative more comtal · superlative most comtal
- Pertaining to a count.
In the early twelfth century its heiress married an obscure knight called Guillem Ramón (1090-1173), who rose to be ‘Great Seneschal’ at the comtal court.
2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 1731 more example
The eight principal magistrates, or Capitouls, acquire nobility in virtue of their election, transmit it to their posterity, and are the only municipal officers in the kingdom who are entitled to wear the Comtal robe.
1803, Lockhart Muirhead, Journals of Travels, London, page 320
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latincomes, comitis“count, earl, companion, comrade”
- Frenchcomtal
- Englishcomtal
Borrowed from French comtal, from oblique stem of Latin comes, comitis (“count, earl, companion, comrade”) + -al. Doublet of comital.
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