succursal

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/səˈkɜː(ɹ)səl/

adjective

subsidiary (to a religious establishment)

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Meanings

adjectivesuccursal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablesubsidiary (to a religious establishment)
  2. not comparableServing to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary.

    Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches, its monasteries, and convents.

    1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity
nounsuccursal (plural succursals)

plural succursals

  1. A subsidiary parish.

Origin

Compare French succursale. See succour.

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APA

succursal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succursal

MLA

“succursal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succursal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “succursal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succursal.

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