Meanings
comparative more phænomenal · superlative most phænomenal
- archaicArchaic spelling of phenomenal.
They both agree that only the phænomenal can be known, but they differ as to what is to be taken as the sum or composition of the phænomenal.
1867, David Mather Masson, Recent British Philosophy, Macmillan and Company, Second Edition, Chapter IV, page #2121 more example
It cannot be impugned, that the Mosaic Narrative thus interpreted gives a just and faithful exposition of the birth and parentage and successive movements of phænomenal Sin (Peccatum phænomenon: Crimen primarium et commune), that is, of Sin as it reveals itself in time, and is an immediate Object of Consciousness.
1825, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Aphorisms on That Which Is Indeed Spiritual Religion”, in Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality, and Religion: […], London: […] Thomas Davison, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, footnote, page 253
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